PHOTO GALLERY: Eastern seaboard sees first effects of Hurricane Sandy

October 29, 2012 | 6:42 p.m. CDT

States and cities along the Eastern Seaboard began to see the effects of incoming Hurricane Sandy on Monday and throughout the weekend, including a turbulent sea, heavy wind, and flooding.

People brave high winds and blowing sand as they walk on Steeplechase Pier at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York as Hurricane Sandy arrives Monday. Hurricane 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. | MARK LENNIHAN/The Associated Press

George Barats, of Levittown, Pa., and Michele Scheid, of Bristol, Pa., sit on the edge of a churning Atlantic Ocean on Saturday in North Wildwood, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy begins to show its effects. From the lowest lying areas of the Jersey shore, where residents were already being encouraged to leave, to the state's northern highlands, where sandbags were being filled and cars moved into parking lots on high ground, New Jersey began preparing in earnest for Hurricane Sandy. | MEL EVANS/The Associated Press

Gina Mori plays cards as she sits at her kitchen table in the Seashore Club Condos in Atlantic City, N.J., on Sunday as Hurricane Sandy approaches the area. | JOESEPH KACZMAREK/The Associated Press