Connecticut

A couple embraces as they watch the storm surge reach Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn. on Oct. 29, 2012. Superstorm Sandy continued on its path, as the storm 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.

The Long Island Sound flooded roads as the storm toppled trees and power lines.

Credit: AP Photo/Jessica Hill