Hurricane Sandy: Monster Storm Batters East Coast

Residents along the Atlantic braced for Hurricane Sandy, a monster storm which bore down upon the United States after leaving dozens dead in the Caribbean. Click through to see some images of the powerful system.

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Good Morning America Photo By Mike Groll/AP Photo Wed, Oct 31, 2012 12:00 PM EDT

This aerial photo shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a fire on Oct. 30, 2012, where the tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate before Sandy hit New York burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field. Mike Groll/AP Photo
This aerial photo shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a fire on Oct. 30, 2012, where the tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate before Sandy hit New York burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field. Mike Groll/AP Photo