Eastern US Wakes Up to Superstorm Sandy Devastation

October 30, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

Millions of people in the eastern United States have been affected by the giant storm Sandy that has caused flooded homes, fallen trees, widespread power outages and swamped New York City's subway system. At least 15 people were reported killed in the US by Sandy, one of the biggest storms to ever hit the country, which dropped just below hurricane status before making landfall on Monday night in New Jersey. The storm had already killed more than 60 people in the Caribbean. More than 1 million people in a dozen states were under orders to evacuate as the massive system plowed westward. Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports from New York.

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