In this handout satellite image provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Sandy churns off the coast of Florida on Oct. 26, 2012.
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Locals ride a motorbike in a flooded street of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. The storm dumped up to 11 inches of rainfall over parts of the Caribbean.
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A flooded river near Bayamo, 740 km east of Havana, on October 24, 2012. Hurricane Sandy swept over eastern Cuba on Thursday morning.
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Hurricane Sandy would go on to destroy houses and kill 11 people in the eastern provinces of Santiago and Guantanamo early Thursday. Here, two men debris from a street in Guantanamo.
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A UN peacekeeper stands watch near a bridge washed away by heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At least nine deaths have been reported on the island.
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The rain brought by Hurricane Sandy caused heavy flooding in parts of Haiti. This house was destroyed by rising waters in Port-au-Prince.
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The Red Cross distributes supplies to people in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after Hurricane Sandy swept through.
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This is how Hurricane Sandy looks from space. NASA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Sandy after it made landfall over Cuba and Jamaica, capturing this highly detailed infrared imagery that shows areas of deep convection around the central eye.
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Kite surfers in Miami have been taking advantage of the extra strong winds before Sandy reaches the Florida coast as a tropical storm.
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Holidaymakers brave the high winds on Miami Beach, Florida, on Oct. 25. The US National Hurricane Center warns that Sandy will have "significant impacts" on portions of the East Coast through the weekend and into early next week.
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