The National Hurricane Center confirmed that 'post-tropical cyclone' Sandy made landfall near Atlant

The National Hurricane Center confirmed that 'post-tropical cyclone' Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City. The storm now lacks a hurricane's southwest airlines tickets ding rotation but still packs sustained 80 mph winds. In an effort to lessen damage from saltwater, New York City's main utility cut power to about 6,500 customers in lower Manhattan. But a far wider swath of the city was hit with blackouts caused by flooding and transformer explosions.
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Caleb Lavoie, 17, of Dayton, Maine, front, and Curtis Huard, 16, of Arundel, Maine, leap out of the way as a large wave crashes over a seawall on the Atlantic Ocean during the early stages of Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Kennebunk, Maine. southwest airlines tickets ding (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Neighbors Don Schweikert, left, Mike Duvall, center, and Dave and Debbie Fitch, right, stand on the porches of their Victorian homes Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy continues toward landfall. The neighbors say they would not evacuate because theirs southwest airlines tickets ding is the highest street in Cape May, N.J., and has never flooded. Sandy churned north Monday, raking ghost-town southwest airlines tickets ding cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
A row of houses stands in floodwaters at Grassy Sound in North Wildwood, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy pounds the East Coast Monday Oct. 29, 2012. The powerful storm made the westward lurch and took dead aim at New Jersey and Delaware on Monday, washing away part of the Atlantic City boardwalk, putting the presidential campaign on hold and threatening to cripple Wall Street and the New York subway system with an epic surge of seawater. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Dale Gerhard)
A few dozen people take refuge from Hurricane Sandy at a Red Cross shelter, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Deer Park, N.Y. Hurricane southwest airlines tickets ding Sandy continued southwest airlines tickets ding on its path Monday, 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 rainr u . (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
People wade and paddle down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y. Gaining speed and power through the day, the storm knocked out electricity to more than 1 million people and figured to upend life for tens of millions more. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Michael Wirtz, of Wilmington, Del., braves flood waters and high winds that arrive with Hurricane Sandy along North Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing for higher ground, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Michael Ein) MANDATORY CREDIT
A construction crane atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan dangles precariously after collapsing in high winds Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as a huge storm bore down on the city. Some nearby buildings including the Parker Meridien hotel, were evacuated as a precaution and the streets below were cleared around the nearly completed high-rise is known as One57, which is in one of the city's most desirable neighborhoods, near Carnegie Hall. (AP Photo/Verena Dobnik)
Ray Bartling, a facilities manager for the Pier Shops at Ceaser's, looks over the rough surf in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing for higher ground, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
People brace against a gust from Hurricane Sandy in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Residents of the neighborhood were ordered to evacuate because of the storm surge expected from the hurricane. Authorities warned that New York City and Long Island could get the worst of the storm surge: an 11-foot onslaught of seawater southwest airlines tickets ding that could swamp lower areas of the city. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
A few pedestrians walk on a street with no vehicle traffic in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing for higher ground, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Seth southwest airlines tickets ding Wenig)
This photo provided by 6abc Action News shows the Inlet section of Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy makes it approach, Monday Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy made landfall at 8 p.m. near Atlantic City, which was already southwest airlines tickets ding mostly under water and saw a piece of its world-famous Boardwalk washed away earlier in the day. (AP Photo/6abc southwest airlines tickets ding Action News, Dann Cuellar)
A news reporter stands in heavy rain as he waits to report live from battery park, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents southwest airlines tickets ding fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.�3 (AP Photo/ southwest airlines tickets ding John Minchillo)
Sea water floods the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending southwest airlines tickets ding coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.� (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous southwest airlines tickets ding mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Lower Manhattan goes dark during superstorm Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from the Brooklyn Heights promenade in the Brooklyn borough of New York. One World Trade Center, background center, remains brightly lit. Sandy continued on its path Monday, 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. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Firefighters look up at the facade of a four-story building on 14th Street and 8th Avenue that collapsed onto the sidewalk Monday, southwest airlines tickets ding Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain and a surging wall of water up to 11 feet tall. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
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Sea water floods southwest airlines tickets ding the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, southwest airlines tickets ding 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. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
The New York skyline remains dark Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from the Williamsburg neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. In an attempt to lessen damage from saltwater to the subway system and the electrical network beneath the city's financial district, New York City's main utility cut power to about 6,500 customers in lower Manhattan. southwest airlines tickets ding But a far wider swath of the city was hit with blackouts caused by flooding and transformer explosions. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Vehicles are submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, southwest airlines tickets ding 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.Ü (AP Photo/ John Minchillo)
FDNY inflatable boats travel along 14th street towards the East River on a rescue mission in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced southwest airlines tickets ding the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous southwest airlines tickets ding mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)
In this photo provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey a surveillance camera captures the PATH station in Hoboken, N.J., as it is flooded shortly before 9:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy continued on its path Monday, 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.Ü(AP Photo/Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)
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