AP PHOTOS: Images of the approaching superstorm

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AP PHOTOS: Images of the approaching superstorm
By The Associated Press??By The Associated Press

This satellite image from the National Hurricane Center in Miami shows Sandy, at 10:03 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Hurricane Sandy was headed north from the Caribbean, where it left nearly five dozen dead, to meet a winter storm and a cold front, plus high tides from a full moon, and experts said the rare hybrid storm that results will cause havoc over 800 miles from the East Coast to the Great Lakes. (AP Photo/National Hurricane Center)

This satellite image from the National Hurricane Center in Miami shows Sandy, at 10:03 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Hurricane Sandy was headed north from the Caribbean, where it left nearly five dozen dead, to meet a winter storm and a cold front, plus high tides from a full moon, and experts said the rare hybrid storm that results will cause havoc over 800 miles from the East Coast to the Great Lakes. (AP Photo/National Hurricane Center)

Earth moving equipment drives south along Virginia Dare Trail in the rain and wind generated by Hurricane Sandy in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 as The storm moves up the east coast. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

A maintenance worker named Vitto attaches plywood to a sidewalk grate at the 2 Broadway building of Lower Manhattan in New York, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, as a child walking by takes advantage of the temporary structure. Areas along the Northeast Coast are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and a possible flooding storm surge. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Ocean water rolls over NC 12 at the north end of Buxton, N.C. at dawn on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. Waves from offshore Hurricane Sandy are battering Hatteras Island. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)

Waves break against a bulkhead in the Brigands Bay area of Frisco, N.C. on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 as the sound side flooding begins on Hatteras Island. Hurricane Sandy is heading north from the Caribbean, where it left nearly five dozen dead, to meet a winter storm and a cold front, plus high tides from a full moon, and experts said the rare hybrid storm that results will cause havoc over 800 miles from the East Coast to the Great Lakes. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley)

Big waves washed over roads in Virginia and flooded parts of coastal Maryland as Hurricane Sandy headed north.

Across the Northeast, people boarded up windows and filled sandbags in preparation for the hybrid storm system. Forecasters warned that the megastorm could wreak havoc over 800 miles from the East Coast to the Great Lakes.

Here's a look at AP photos of the storm and preparations so far in the U.S.:

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