In pics: Superstorm Sandy hits New York

Ambulances wait outside New York University Tisch Hospital during an evacuation of the hospital.
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Consolidated Edision trucks are submerged on 14th Street near the ConEd power plant, in New York.
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An uprooted tree blocks 7th street near Avenue D in the East Village as a result of high winds from Sandy.
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Flooding and high winds arrive along North Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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A man braves flood waters and high winds that arrive with superstorm Sandy along North Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Waves crash over the bow of a tug boat as it passes near the Statue of Liberty in New York.
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Heavy surf crashes over a seawall on the Atlantic Ocean during the early stages of superstorm Sandy.
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A woman reacts to waves crashing over a seawall in Narragansett.
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Lower Manhattan goes dark during superstorm Sandy.
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Cars pass through a darkened road as power outage grapples Manhattan.
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This photo provided by the US Coast Guard shows the HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat that submerged in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Vehicles are submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant in New York.
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This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 shows Superstorm Sandy off the Mid Atlantic coastline moving toward the north with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph. Superstorm Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared Monday, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore towns, washing away a section of the Atlantic City Boardwalk, and threatening to cripple Wall Street and New York's subway system with a huge surge of corrosive seawater.
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Michael Wirtz, of Wilmington, Del., braves flood waters and high winds that arrive with Superstorm Sandy along North Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City, NJ.
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This photo provided by Dylan Patrick shows flooding along the Westside Highway near the USS Intrepid as Sandy moves through the area Monday, October 29, 2012 in New York.
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Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, NY, Monday, October 29, 2012.
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This photo provided by 6abc Action News shows the Inlet section of Atlantic City, N.J., as Superstorm Sandy makes it approach, Monday October 29, 2012.
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A row of houses stands in floodwaters at Grassy Sound in North Wildwood, N.J., as Sandy pounds the East Coast.
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Caleb Lavoie, 17, of Dayton, Maine, front, and Curtis Huard, 16, of Arundel, Maine, leap out of the way as a large wave crashes over a seawall on the Atlantic Ocean during the early stages of Superstorm Sandy in Kennebunk, Maine.
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A man walks into the wind across the Hudson River from the skyline of New York in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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A reporter does a live broadcast with the barely visible Statue of Liberty in the background at the New York Harbor as Superstorm Sandy approaches New York October 29, 2012.
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Ryan Blankenship takes advantage of the unusually high swell caused by Superstorm Sandy in Virginia Beach, Virginia, October 29, 2012.
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Two boys run down Foster Avenue while dodging high winds and waves from the effects of Superstorm Sandy in Marshfield, Massechusetts .
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Residents test the high surf in Ocean City, Maryland as Superstorm Sandy intensifies October 29, 2012.
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A utility crew works to restore power in Andover after a large tree fell into lines due to Monday's hybrid superstorm Sandy.
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A boat resting on the tracks at Metro-North's Ossining Station in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
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Fire Department official checks for residents during another evacuation due to high tide in Milford.
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A log rests on a vehicle damaged by superstorm Sandy at Breezy Point in the New York City.
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Glenn Heartley pulls on a rope attached to his car in preparation for getting it towed from a creek in Chincoteague.
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Heartley and his wife were swept off the road into a shallow creek when superstorm Sandy struck the area.
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