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While it is too early to give insured-loss estimates for storm Sandy, Risk Management Solutions says the impact on the East Coast appears much more severe than 2011′s Hurricane Irene. Some coastal areas saw record storm-surge flooding, while strong winds knocked out power to more than 7 million customers in 15 states. Following are images of the damage left behind by the storm.
Nicholas Rodriguez looks over a section of the destroyed boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., near the area where Sandy made landfall on Monday. RMS says Sandy made landfall at around 8 p.m. Monday as an extratropical system with sustained winds of around 80 mph. News reports say about 2.1 million people and businesses are without power in New Jersey. Jersey Central Power & Light alone reports 964,756 customers without power.
Photo credit: (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York City saw record storm surge in some areas. In Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, RMS reports storm surge measurements of 13.88 feet. In the picture above, seawater floods the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, which connects Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan. Sandy has forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets in New York.
Photo credit: (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
