President Barack Obama will travel to storm-stricken New Jersey on Wednesday to view damage from the massive storm that struck the East Coast and to thank first responders.
New York City awakened Tuesday to a flooded subway system, shuttered financial markets and hundreds of thousands of people without power a day after a wall of seawater and high winds slammed into the city, destroying buildings and flooding tunnels.
Parts of two nuclear power plants were shut down late Monday and early Tuesday, while another plant was put on alert after waters from Superstorm Sandy rose 6 feet above sea level.