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Superstorm Sandy: One Year Later

The 2012 storm knocked out power to more than 200,000 New Hampshire customers.

A year ago this week, Superstorm Sandy blew through the East Coast. Though the worst damage was in New York and New Jersey, parts of New Hampshire were hard hit as well.

Strong winds brought down trees and power lines throughout the state, knocking out electricity to more than 200,000 homes and forcing numerous school closings and road closures. One man was critically injured in Windham by a falling tree, as wind gusts reached speeds of more than 60 mph in some areas.

When it was all over, it wound up as the fourth-worst storm in the history of the state in terms of power outages, behind only the 2008 ice storm, the 2010 wind storm and Snowtober.

Here's a quick look at some of the images that ran on Patch sites from New Jersey to New Hampshire a year ago. For a closer look at the continued recovery effort in New Jersey, click here.


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