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Hurricane Sandy: Monster Storm Batters East Coast

October 31, 2012 at 4:33 PM

Hurricane Sandy

Damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point is shown Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. A fire department spokesman says more than 190 firefighters are at the blaze in the Breezy Point section. Fire officials say the blaze was reported around 11 p.m. Monday in an area flooded by the superstorm that began sweeping through earlier. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

A fire fighter surveys the smoldering ruins of a house in the Breezy Point section of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. More than 50 homes were destroyed in a fire which swept through the oceanfront community during superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

East Coast Begins To Clean Up And Assess Damage From Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy

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.