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Posted on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 : 1:24 p.m.

Superstorm Sandy: Stories, photos and videos from the devastation

By Julie Baker

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Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site Monday in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.

AP Photo/ John Minchillo

More than 8.2 million people across the East Coast are without power as of Tuesday afternoon, The Associated Press reports, and the death toll from Superstorm Sandy has climbed to 35 in the U.S.

Photos, video and stories from media outlets across the U.S. are showing the effects the storm has had on the country and millions of people.

Here's a roundup of media coverage of the storm:

See a video rescue of crew members below:

  • Video: A fire destroyed 50 homes Monday night in Beezy Point, Queens, as Hurricane Sandy ravaged New York. Twenty five people were rescued from an awning. -- Reuters

Below, a photo of the aftermath of that fire:

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Homes destroyed by a fire at Breezy Point are shown, in the New York City borough of Queens Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses Monday night in the flooded neighborhood. More than 190 firefighters have contained the six-alarm blaze fire.

AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

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A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ.

AP Photo/Charles Sykes

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Comments

jns131

Wed, Oct 31, 2012 : 5:06 p.m.

What is even creepier? I was standing next to this site last June. I really hope this does not set back this area. I also heard this one town who has it rough lost most of its town in NJ. So sad.