Sandy leaves death, damp and darkness in US
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Debris litter a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in New York, United States. At least 15 people were reported killed in the United States by Sandy as millions of people in the eastern United States have awoken to widespread power outages, flooded homes and downed trees. New York City was hit especially hard with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Portable upended flood dikes are viewed on a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on Oct 30, 2012 in New York, United States. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A darkened Manhattan is viewed after much of the city lost electricity due to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on Oct 30, 2012 in New York, United States. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A general view from Exchange Place, New Jersey, shows the skyline of lower Manhattan in darkness after a preventive power outage caused by giant storm Sandy in New York on Oct 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Debris litters the floor of Exchange Place in New Jersey on Oct 30, 2012 following Hurricane Sandy. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn is viewed after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on Oct 30, 2012 in New York, United States. -- PHOTO: AFP
Debris litter a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in New York, United States. At least 15 people were reported killed in the United States by Sandy as millions of people in the eastern United States have awoken to widespread power outages, flooded homes and downed trees. New York City was hit especially hard with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. -- PHOTO: AFP
Portable upended flood dikes are viewed on a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on Oct 30, 2012 in New York, United States. -- PHOTO: AFP
A darkened Manhattan is viewed after much of the city lost electricity due to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on Oct 30, 2012 in New York, United States. -- PHOTO: AFP
A general view from Exchange Place, New Jersey, shows the skyline of lower Manhattan in darkness after a preventive power outage caused by giant storm Sandy in New York on Oct 30, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Debris litters the floor of Exchange Place in New Jersey on Oct 30, 2012 following Hurricane Sandy. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn is viewed after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on Oct 30, 2012 in New York, United States. -- PHOTO: AFP
NEW YORK (AP) - As Superstorm Sandy marched slowly inland, millions along the US East Coast awoke on Tuesday without power or mass transit, with huge swaths of the nation's largest city unusually vacant and dark.
New York was among the hardest hit, with its financial heart shuttered for a second day and seawater cascading into the still-gaping construction pit at the World Trade Center.
The storm that made landfall in New Jersey on Monday evening with 130kmh sustained winds killed at least 16 people in seven states, cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses from the Carolinas to Ohio and put the presidential campaign on hold one week before Election Day.
"This will be one for the record books," said Mr John Miksad, senior vice president for electric operations at Consolidated Edison, which had more than 670,000 customers without power in and around New York City.
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