Hurricane Sandy Heads Toward East Coast of U.S.

Super Storm

Large waves generated by Hurricane Sandy crash into Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 as the storm moves up the east coast.

Secretary of State John Kerry takes a selfie with a group of students before delivering a speech on climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 16, 2017.

Police make a final sweep of the subway at Times Square in New York October 28, 2012.

President Barack Obama speaks during a briefing at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, October 28, 2012.

A woman and child walk through an aisle emptied in preparation for Hurricane Sandy, in a Wal-Mart store in Riverhead, New York, October 28, 2012.

Travelers surround a flight monitor showing cancelled flights at LaGuardia airport in New York October 28, 2012.

A Norfolk resident chains his bike and heads to work in floodwaters near downtown Norfolk, Virginia, Oct. 29, 2012. Rain and wind from Hurricane Sandy are hitting the area.

Bill Ryan of Inwood, New York, comforts his cat before leaving her at a pet shelter. Pet owners could drop off their pets at the shelter and afterwards seek shelter for themselves before the arrival of the storm.

The boarded up windows on a store front in Margate N.J., read "Boo Sandy!", as the area prepares for the arrival of the superstorm, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.

Mike Strobel fills sand bags for his business, Mike's Carpet Connection, as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Fenwick Island, Delaware.

Sand bags protect the front of the New York Stock Exchange, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets.