Hurricane Sandy 2012, Atlantic, United States

+ New Jersey
A 50-foot piece of the Atlantic City Boardwalk washed away. Half the city of Hoboken is flooded. The city of 50,000 has had to evacuate two of its fire stations and the city's Mayor asked for National Guard help. In the early morning of October 30, authorities in Bergen County, New Jersey, are evacuating residents after a berm overflowed and flooded several communities. Police Chief of Staff Jeanne Baratta says there are up to 5 feet of water in the streets of Moonachie and Little Ferry. The state Office of Emergency Management says rescues also are underway in Carlstadt. Baratta said the three towns had been "devastated" by the flood of water.
+ Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said the city will will have no mass transit operations on any lines October 30. All major highways in and around the city of Philadelphia were closed on October 29 during the Hurricane, including Interstate 95, the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76), the Blue Route portion of Interstate 476, the Vine Street Expressway, Schuylkill Expressway, and U.S. Route 1. The highways reopened at 4 a.m. on October 30. The Delaware River Port Authority also closed its major crossings over the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey due to high winds, including the Commodore Barry Bridge, the Walt Whitman Bridge, the Ben Franklin Bridge and the Betsy Ross Bridge. More than 1.2 million were left without power as a result of the storm.