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Sandy slams Mass., hundreds of thousands lose power

One of the largest storms ever to hit the East Coast pummeled Massachusetts on Monday with punishing winds and dangerously high seas.

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Mike Biszko waded through knee-deep water flooding Bridge Street in Westport, Mass., after checking on his home.

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Brothers Chris (left), Steven, and Richie Hartnett made their way home after checking out the flooding in Westport.

Lower Manhattan, as seen from Brooklyn, went dark.

Lower Manhattan, as seen from Brooklyn, was dark.

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Streets were flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Transformers exploded in lower Manhattan on Tuesday.

Another view of the transformer exploding.

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Another view of a transformer exploding.

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A row of houses flooded at Grassy Sound in North Wildwood, N.J.

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The Inlet section of Atlantic City, N.J., was covered in water. A piece of the boardwalk washed away earlier in the day.

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A surveillance camera captured the PATH station in Hoboken, N.J., as water poured in.

The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, sunk in the Atlantic Ocean near Hatteras, N.C.

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The HMS Bounty, a replica tall ship, sunk in the Atlantic Ocean near Hatteras, N.C.

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Vehicles are submerged on 14th Street in New York.

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Firefighters evacuated an apartment building in New York after its front wall collapsed.

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A darkened street in New York.

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Water rushed into an underground parking garage in New York’s Financial District.

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Water rose to the porch at the Paquachuck Inn in Westport.

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Waves crashed against homes on Turner Road in Scituate.

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A car navigated a flooded Church Street in Woods Hole.

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A man drove around a fallen tree on Locust Street in Falmouth.

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Waves crashed over a jetty in Scituate.

Hurricane Sandy is seen Monday as it approaches landfall on the East Coast.

Sandy is seen Monday as it approached landfall on the East Coast.

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A crew worked to remove a downed tree on Rockdale Street in New Bedford.

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Oceanside Drive was littered with debris in Scituate.

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Jamison Orr watched the waves come up through the dock at the Clam Shack in Falmouth Harbor.

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Joe Gallion of Falmouth checked out the surf on Menauhant Road in Falmouth.

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Chris Losordo carried his father, Vin, across a flooded road in Falmouth.

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Alison Tames of Plum Island held her dog, Zoey, amid the high winds. "She's cold and miserable," Tames said.

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Jillian Webb (left) and Arianna Corso, of Dennis, in Chatham as Hurricane Sandy pelted them with wind and sand.

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Snow had fallen in Beckley, W.Va.

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Commuters waited in Boston’s North Station for Amtrak and MBTA service Monday morning.

South Coast of Mass. faces ‘greatest disruption’

Westport, Dartmouth, and other communities on the South Coast were drawing the attention of officials late Monday as the storm was taking a heavy toll there.

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Sandy will rack up claims for insurers

The storm could cause an estimated $10 billion to $20 billion in total economic losses, and $5 billion to $10 billion in insurance claims.

Many on Cape defy Hurricane Sandy advisories

Cape residents dashed about in the last hours of daylight before Sandy’s late-night landfall, soaking up the gale-force winds and the dramatic waves.

Travelers eye storm and await flights, trains, buses

Travel ground to a halt in New England Monday, and cancellations and delays were expected Tuesday as Sandy’s effect continued to be felt.

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Power outages in Mass.

The Globe is charting power outages reported by the utility providers across the region.

Sandy shakes up presidential campaign strategies

The hurricane prompted President Obama and Mitt Romney to cancel rallies and raised questions about the effect of the storm on voting.

Hurricane’s wide reach causes havoc for millions

Sandy battered the Atlantic Coast, knocking down power lines and leaving hundreds of thousands of people — including a large swath of Manhattan — in the dark.

Poll shows Warren, Brown deadlocked with week to go

A new Boston Globe poll shows that the race between Senator Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren is essentially tied.

Patrice Tierney got funds from brother in ’90s

Financial ties date back to the early 1990s in the relationship of US Rep. John F. Tierney, his wife, and her now-fugitive brother, records show.

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