While it is too early to give insured-loss estimates for stormSandy, Risk Management Solutions says the impact on the East Coastappears much more severe than 2011's Hurricane Irene. Some coastalareas saw record storm-surge flooding, while strong winds knockedout power to more than seven million customers in 15 states.Following are images of the damage left behind by the storm, whichis currently losing strength as it continues to move throughPennsylvania before an expected northward turn into Western NewYork.

Nicholas Rodriguez looks over a section of the destroyedboardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., near the area where Sandy madelandfall on Monday. RMS says Sandy made landfall at around 8 p.m.Monday as an extra-tropical system with sustained winds of around80 miles per hour. News reports say about 2.1 million people andbusinesses are without power in New Jersey. Jersey Central Power& Light alone reports 964,756 customers without power.

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New York City saw record storm surge in some areas. In BatteryPark in Lower Manhattan, RMS reports storm-surge measurements of13.88 feet. In the picture above, sea water floods the entrance tothe Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, which connects Brooklyn to LowerManhattan. Sandy has forced the shutdown of mass transit, schoolsand financial markets in New York.

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Much of Lower Manhattan went dark during the storm. The abovephoto was taken on Monday, Oct. 29, from the Brooklyn Heightspromenade in the Brooklyn borough of New York. One World TradeCenter, background center, remains brightly lit.

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A parking lot full of yellow cabs isflooded in Hoboken, N.J. Hoboken sits along the Hudson River,across from Manhattan, and was subjected to storm-surge floodingthat poured into its PATH rail station.

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In the picture above, Elaine Belviso is rescued from her floodedhome on Long Island by Suffolk County police after being trappedthere overnight. Long Island endured heavy winds and flooding fromthe storm. The Long Island Power Authority reports that more than900,000 people are without power in Nassau and Suffolkcounties.

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Further north of New York City, in Orange County, N.Y., Sandybrought strong winds that toppled trees but did not bring theinland flooding seen last year during Hurricane Irene. In NewYork's Lower Hudson Valley, news reports say three deaths occurredfrom trees falling on houses, and Orange & Rockland powercompany reports 200,000 customers are without power in Orange andRockland counties.

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Meanwhile, other areas away from the coast dealt with weathernot typically associated with tropical cyclones. In Elkins, WestVirginia, pictured above, snow covers the streets. Sandy buriedparts of West Virginia under more than a foot of snow on Tuesday,cutting power to at least 243,000 customers and closing dozens ofroads. At least one death was reported.

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