Then and now: Devastation from Hurricane Sandy
Some of the effects of Hurricane Sandy, which struck a wide swath of the East Coast, are shown in these before-and-after photos. Use the slider handle to show and reveal the images. <a href="http://lat.ms/WWMyNl"><span style="color:#2262CC">More photos</span style></a>


Before: The Jet Star Roller Coaster sits in the ocean on Feb. 25, 2013, after part of the Casino Pier was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy in Seaside Heights, N.J. (Mel Evans / Associated Press)
After: The same spot on Oct. 13, 2013. (Mel Evans / Associated Press)


Before: The ruins of more than 100 homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York on Dec. 12, 2012. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)
After: The same spot on Oct. 21, 2013. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)


Before: Brian Hajeski, of Brick, N.J., on a bridge in Mantaloking, N.J., on Oct. 12, 2012. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)
After: The same spot on Oct. 22, 2013. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)


Before: Cleanup from Superstorm Sandy in the parking lot of Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York on Nov. 14, 2012. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)
After: The same spot on Oct. 17, 2013. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)


Before: The boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Nov. 22, 2012. (Mel Evans / Associated Press)
After: The same spot on Oct. 13, 2013. (Mel Evans / Associated Press)


Before: Seawater floods the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in New York on Oct. 29, 2012. (John Minchillo / Associated Press)
After: The same spot on Oct. 20, 2013. (John Minchillo / Associated Press)


Before: The Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in New York in June 2011. (Google)
After: The same spot, flooded by Sandy, on Oct. 30, 2012. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)


Before: Michigan and Oceanview streets in Long Beach, N.Y., in December 2007. (Google)
After: Cars have been pushed off the street and sand covers the intersection on Oct. 30, 2012. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)


Before: An apartment on 8th Avenue north of West 14th Street in New York City in June 2011. (Google)
After: The front of one of the buildings was torn off during Hurricane Sandy. (Andrew Gombert / EPA)


Before: Shorefront Parkway at Beach 91st Street in Rockaway, N.Y., in September 2007. (Google)
After: The same spot, on Oct. 31, 2012, covered with sand. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)


Before: Willow Avenue at 1st Street in Hoboken, N.J., in September 2007. (Google)
After: Floodwaters cover the streets on Oct. 31, 2012. (Ramin Talaie / EPA)
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