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The Most Incredible Hurricane Sandy Photos from Overnight and This Morning

Oct. 30, 2012 8:48am Liz Klimas

Hurricane Sandy’s devastation along the northern East Coast, including New York City, has left millions without power and underwater. We’ve compiled the most incredible photos we found from overnight and this morning. Be sure to check back, as this post will be updated.

Hurricane Sandy Photos from Overnight and Into Tuesday Morning Showing Aftermath

Ground Zero’s construction site goes under feet of sea water. (Photo: AP)

Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel (previously the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel), caused by Hurricane Sandy. (Photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Power outage seen on October 29, 2012 in Manhattan, New York. (Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Subway station flooding as seen by a surveillance camera. (Photo via Business Insider)

See more photos from New York City last night and read about the power outages and flooding in Jason Howerton’s post on TheBlaze here.

Although mainstream professional photographers have been documenting the storm from its inception and will continue to do so into its aftermath, everyday citizens have snapped stunning images of the historic storm as well. There was even a spinoff of the popular photo filter and sharing site Instagram called “Instacane” (Editor’s note: some on the website are photoshopped, while others are legitimate). Here are a couple.

34th and 1st street in New York City. (Photo: pelukinho/Instagram)

Flooding in Avenue C parking garage. (Image: Time/@michaelchristopherbrown/Instagram)

Here’s a few more images from Flickr photograhers:

New York’s East River during the blackout. (Photo: lookcatalog/Flickr)

Hurricane Sandy at Broadway and LaSalle in New York City. (Photo: Paul Lowry/Flickr)

Abandoned streets at the hurricane “wound down” in the early Tuesday morning hours. (Photo: moishfiriedman/Flickr)

These are from Weather.com.

Davis, West Virginia (Photo: iWitness/baltotodd)

West Virginia pelted with snow. (Photo: Facebook/Cheryl Clay)

Jesse Schafer and Greg McHale, who run the website On the Real NY (via Instagram), have many photographs of the storm Monday night and into Tuesday. Given that there are a slew of fake photos from the storm circulating on the web (check those out here), there have been questions raised about the validity of the On the Real NY photos, given that they look very bright during a night storm that was supposedly in a blackout. On Instagram, the photos have been defended with some saying a long-exposure technique was used to let more light in.

(Photo: Jesse Schafer and Greg McHale/OntheRealNY)

Speaking of fake photos though, Steve Kastenbaum tweeted the below photo of a traffic sign bent from the storm. Do you believe it?

(Photo: Twitter/@SKastenbaumCNN)

Time-lapsed videos are being created as well. Check out this one compiled from photos from the New York Times’ live webcam running from the early morning hours of Monday through 7:45 a.m. Tuesday:

CNN pulled together this compilation of video clips of the storm at various locations:

Early morning photos of the aftermath are trickling in as well.

People come out to see the heavy surf that was caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012 in Cape May, New Jersey. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Power appears to remain out at New York City’s Flatiron building. (Photo: lvlewitinn/Instagram)

The lights on the Brooklyn Bridge stand in contrast to the lower Manhattan skyline which has lost its electrical supply, Tuesday, Oct. 30. (Photo: AP/Mark Lennihan)

Debris litter a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on October 30. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A fallen tree lies along the side of 14th St NW following Hurricane Sandy’s track through the nation’s capital on Tuesday. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Water floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of the storm. (Photo: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

A boat is seen on the tracks of Metro-North’s Ossining Station on the Hudson Line. (Photo: MTA/Flickr via Gothamist)

And work for restoration has already begun.

Earth movers clean sand off the road which was brought in from Hurricane Sandy, on October 30 in Cape May, NJ. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Public workers shovel debris from the streets in Ocean City, Maryland. (Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

David Dodds clears debris from the front of Water Ways Marina in Ocean City. (Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

If you have any photos from Hurricane Sandy or its aftermath that you’d like to share, please email them to lklimas@theblaze.com.

Note: We’ll continue to update this story as more photos, particularly of the storm’s aftermath in morning hours, become available.

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Comments (57)

contractorniu
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 10:02am
Please; I saw pictures of looters.. How shallow and low can you get. These poor people in the NE are having the disaster of their lives, business are on the verge of no return and there are segments of the population out taking unfair advantage – raping and pillaging if you will. Shame on them.. We have all seen these pictures on national TV. This has to stop.

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universalphilos
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:25am
A prophecy, September 19, 1975: “We say unto you unto these words, where no water flowed, water shall flow. The deserts shall rise and become gardens. And [ ] shall lay in waste, and cities shall lay in rubble. And the sword that shall cut two ways shall strike upon the earth. And one side shall strike away man, and the souls that have departed shall flee. If you are not ready at this time, if all things are not ready, then you shall flee, and not look back. Should you be in the field, do not stop to pick up thy coat, but flee, and do not look back….”

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cablestink
Posted on October 31, 2012 at 2:23am
@N01JYD, With 9 Kids I’m pretty sure most (if not all) of the nine were wanted.:)

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RedheadedStepchild
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:36pm
As a Floridian, I understand the power of Hurricanes first hand. This is a big deal, not all big deals have to be the same kind. A friend has had her house float away…thank God she was not in it. But it is tramatic to lose a house!

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QuincySmith
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:13pm
Sandy brought an Halloween trick, Election day will bring the treat!

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:45pm
I had to smile when watching the news. One newsman said this was the ‘worst storm that has hit America’. If he had seen Rita and Katrina he would have been in awe. Rita wiped out whole parishes in Louisiana. Water went 20 and 25 miles inland in places. (I have relatives in Louisiana). She tore up Southeast Texas. Some towns looked like they were literally bombed out. Northeasterners think that all disasters are not really that bad unless they happen to them. They think they are the center of the universe. I am tired of them.

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- agapegrl
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:12pm
  TheGreatCarnac:
  
  Gee, none of us in Central New York believed this was the worst disaster/storm to hit the USA! Not sure you really understand how MANY, MANY THOUSANDS of us Northeasterners came down at our own expense to help with the aftermath of Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana. We had one emergency worker go down two times, and I think he was down in your area for over a month each time, as his own expense and putting his health and life in danger both times. Please don’t trash us who have worked and donated to help y’all during your time(s) of need! We were there. It cost us a bundle plus our vacations and the time there working like dogs to help y’all out. I still have and still wear my Katrina’s Kitchen jacket, and I STILL tell people about the devastation on the Gulf Coast. So, next time you want to marginalize all NorthEasterners, just remember, we stood by your neighbors and helped rebuild a TON of houses and churches, etc. I remember meeting an entire crew of Pennsylvania Amish builders who even came down and rebuilt all KINDS of buildings at their own expense!! You really should get your facts straight, rather than sound as out of touch with reality as that stupid reporter who was shooting off my mouth without thinking. I know you would rather rise above that crowd and SPEAK TRUTH rather than more rubbish and prejudice against those whose hands helped to rebuild your homes!
  
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- Colorado7972
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:13pm
  Dear lord agapegrl, Did you even read his post clearly. look at his very 1st line, quote>> “One newsman said this was the ‘worst storm that has hit America’. That’s NOT thegreatcarnac’s words. Before you accuse someone of prejudice and such, as you did in your paragraph, Quote>> I know you would rather rise above that crowd and SPEAK TRUTH rather than more rubbish and prejudice against those whose hands helped to rebuild your homes!” , read the stuff correctly, or you show your sign of hypocrisy and such. All he said is the news man tried to make out that “HIS” northeastern storm the worst in history. IN fact their have been MANY devastating storms , earthquakes, tornadoes in US History, nine out-rating the other, only by areas they hit.
  
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- Welcome Black Carter
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:36pm
  Liberals…
  
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tulips
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:43am
My thoughts after looking at the pictures is, what is the big deal.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 11:48am
  My thoughts after reading your post are…
  
  what a selfish, cynical, com-passionless arse- hole.
  
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- OldGeek72
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:10pm
  The ‘Big Deal’ is that some of my fellow citizens have died in this mess leaving a hole in their families. Many of my fellow citizens have lost a great deal of property that no insurance can replace. I know this storm hit a liberal-hellhole, but they are still children that a living God loves and they are still well worth praying for.
  
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- DontStopBelieving
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:59pm
  @Tulips, your ignorance is showing. Go to your room and pray that the Lord grants you a brain sometime soon. Having your home damaged and your neighbors injured IS a big deal where I come from, perhaps you may want to rethink your comment.
  
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Hickory
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:35am
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind,

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stephenb0
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:35am
What did OWS come back then leave?
That’s what the picture look like!

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- rafa2design
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:28pm
  Wait until the rapture takes place.
  
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Vickie Dhaene
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:11am
Prayers to all that have been involved. Thanks to the First Responders again.

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- mtcountrygrl
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 4:43pm
  Best rescue story I have heard…When the NYU hospital lost power and the back up generator failed, NICU and PICU nurses and doctors carried all the babies and children down 9 flights of stairs, bagging them by hand to keep them breathing, and wisked them to other area hospital. They did not lose ONE BABY or ONE CHILD! What heros!
  
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rockymtngal
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:02am
Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are dealing with this all along the east coast and inland. So, what is Obama doing while acting presidential? Telling people to call random people and asking them to have his back.

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- moonstruck2
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:25am
  Thats a tragic way of thinking! All you did was nullify your previous words of sympathy and concern!
  
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- QuincySmith
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:20pm
  moonstruck;
  
  I don’t see the connection you are trying to draw.
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 5:17pm
  Loonstruck: If you ever tire of the Black Muslim stick, try the Westboro Baptist Church. You’ll feel right at home with “the other religious freaks”. You won’t have to change your rhetoric at all.
  
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65Mustang
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:47am
I fully expect to read about the OWS participants to be actively involved in cleaning the streets of New York, they are Obama’s chosen people. There have been worst storms in the past and maybe, just maybe, God is reminding the good people of the east coast that he is in charge.

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:57am
  Most likely God is just reminding the people on the East Coast that FEMA is an incompetent, bloated, bureaucratic, mess.
  
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Eastinfection
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:47am
“The reports of a Hurricane damaging the city are FALSE!
There is NO water in New York City……”

- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bd8c248ca2

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- NancyBee
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:06am
  What ever became of him?
  
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- DontStopBelieving
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 3:02pm
  @Nancybee, he changed his name and is now the lying dictator of the United States.
  
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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on October 31, 2012 at 12:18pm
  Doesnt he work for MSNBC now?
  
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enough_liberal_BS
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:40am
Where are the OW protesters now? If they were committed to their cause, they wouldn’t let a little bad weather get in their way.
Also, the HMS Bounty replica that sank was up for sale. Seems like the sinking worked out pretty well for the owner, but not the captain. Just saying…

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:51am
  I’m sure the 14 guys rescued from the Atlantic Ocean and the 2 that are still missing were in on the insurance fraud scheme as well….
  
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- enough_liberal_BS
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:03am
  1 person with reason is a scheme. Reports stated she was taking on water, they didn’t say how. The people onboard could simply be collateral dammage. Or unintended victims. I’m just saying, the sinking of a ship that had been for sale seems a bit fishy.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:11am
  You’re right. A boat being destroyed by a hurricane is “fishy”.
  
  Hmnn? …. I bet many of the houses that were destroyed were also “for sale”…. the plot thickens.
  
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john vincent
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:31am
Two things are strikingly clear here:

-the display of nature; rather GOD

and

-the usual goodness of Americans by rendering help to fellow man during times of catrostrophe.

Both are inspiring.

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- moonstruck2
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:32am
  Especially since Min. Farrakhan warned America to watch the weather, You’d better start taking heed to what he says. God is indeed Angry with america!!
  
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- john vincent
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:50am
  moon-
  i dont know whether to laugh or cry at your post
  
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- JokerWatcher
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:57am
  who does calypso louie say is going to win the election?
  
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biohazard23
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:23am
Debris? That doesn’t look any worse than an OWS protest.

Actually, it’s probably cleaner and more sanitary. Just sayin’.

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- Gary_K
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:27am
  It’s well washed.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:04am
  Not quite….
  
  NYC= filthy
  
  NYC + Sea water + Sewage = filthier
  
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huey6367
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:16am
The aftermath will be like Hurricane Katrina was in New Orleans.

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- Master.Debater
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:09pm
  No. New York is above sea level. The waters will recede quickly if they haven’t already.
  
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jungle J
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:13am
debris left behind but, maybe, filth wash away.

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poorrichard09
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:05am
IMHO, things are going to get REALLY UGLY when the two-legged rats come out of their holes and start looting and raising hell. Looters should be shot on sight.

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- jungle J
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:13am
  ten four.
  
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:01am
Wow, really amazing.. God bless and keep those people in his care.. I am in California with beautiful weather, but thinking twice about how we would fare in an Earthquake. O_o The thought that keeps going through my head is: “Water, Water, Water!” I Guess God is telling me to get plenty of WATER set aside… I’ve been concentrating on getting food set aside.. but it’s really Water that should be the number one priority… (duhh..right?)

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:00am
  “only when the well is dry will we know a water’s worth”
  
  - Ben Franklin
  
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Gary_K
Posted on October 30, 2012 at 8:59am
Why is everything always the most incredible here on the blaze….

Hurricane Camille with a 25 foot storm surge and 300+ MPH ( thecouldn’tnt even measure wind speed because alinstrumentsts were broken) with a total destruction of Biloxi.

I lived through the blizzard of Jan 66 when we had 8 feet of snowfall, -20 temps and 25 foot drifts.

There have been worse flooding in many parts of the country…much worse !

Saying that “Sandy” is the worst or the most incredible is a joke. This storm is just some wind, rain and snow…whats the big deal?

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- Gary_K
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:03am
  I hate my online spell check because of what it does sometimes….dang
  
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- Mr.Fitnah
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:07am
  Histrionics is The Blaze “stock in trade”.
  
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- LogicRules
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:20am
  Time to get a new spell check wouldn’t you say. Some people are just down right stupid.
  
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- NovoCombo
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:56am
  @Gary- the big deal is that 47% of Americans in 2012 are helpless dependents.
  
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- bob2012
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:25am
  I agree!
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 10:42am
  Chrome has a great spell- check… but that’s about it..
  
  Firefox has a pretty good spell check and it’s other features are superior, too.
  
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- Master.Debater
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:11pm
  It was already downgraded to a Tropical Storm when it hit.
  
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- Redsbengalsbucks
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 1:32pm
  Exactly right. Seems as if every storm is now the biggest and badest. Look at the 1938 hurricane that hit the same places, it was much worse with over 700 dead.
  
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- Brooke Lorren
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 2:01pm
  You’re wrong. 47% don’t pay taxes. That doesn’t mean that they are all dependents.
  
  For example, some friends of mine have nine kids. Since they are a family of 11, they would have to earn over $115,000 before paying taxes, if they only took their standard deduction and the 9 child tax credits that they could get. I know for a fact that up until a couple of months ago, they were not receiving any help from the government; the dad had a good paying job. They didn’t even get government benefits in the way of public school education, because they homeschool all their children. He’s now working again, so I don’t expect that he’ll need that help for long.
  
  There are a lot of people at the top of that 47% bracket that aren’t even eligible for government benefits, even if they don’t earn enough to pay taxes. There is a window between the point where you are eligible for benefits and where you earn enough to pay taxes; for people with larger families, that window is larger. In addition, at the top of the eligibility, there are the people who could get benefits, but don’t, because they’re doing fine on their own and don’t want to be dependent on anybody.
  
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- no1jyd
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:32pm
  @Brooke I guess your friends insurance plan did not include birth control coverage.
  
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