Stunning Images Capture Sandy's Assault on NYC

In case you missed it, The Atlantic Cities has compiled some of the most arresting photos of Hurricane Sandy's historic visit to Manhattan, as reported on social media and elsewhere Monday evening.

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October 30, 2012, 5:00 AM PDT

By Jonathan Nettler @nettsj

Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy made landfall at 8pm ET on October 29, 2012 about 5 miles southwest of Atlantic City, NJ, as seen in this NOAA GOES-13 satellite colorized infrared image from the same time.

NOAA / National Hurricane Center

Subway tunnels flooded, construction cranes buckled, much of Lower Manhattan went dark. Superstorm Sandy surely lived up to advanced billing in her assault on Manhattan. While more astonishing photos are sure to surface this morning, these were the iconic images making the rounds on Monday evening, as the city felt the full brunt of the storm surge.

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