Photos: Hurricane Sandy batters East Coast
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 28: Brian Donnelly carries a sandbag while his son Brendan looks on, while installing a wall of sandbags to protect his basement as Hurricane Sandy approaches on October 28, 2012 in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a mandatory evacuation on low-lying coastal areas of the city. Sandy, which has already claimed over 50 lives in the Caribbean is predicted to bring heavy winds and floodwaters to the mid-Atlantic region. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
