Maryland

An Ocean City police SUV drives past some of the benches that have been washed from their bolted down positions on the Ocean City boardwalk, in Ocean City, Md., as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012. At least two deaths had been reported in Maryland. Hurricane Sandy forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.

Credit: Alex Brandon