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Residents of Santiago de Cuba survey the debris after Hurricane Sandy passed over Cuba on Oct. 26, 2012. Credit...Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Oct. 11-26, 2012

Sandy’s Beginning

A tropical wave leaves the west coast of Africa and within a week reaches the Caribbean Sea, where it develops into a hurricane by Oct. 24. It makes landfall in Jamaica, then Cuba, before passing through the Bahamas, where it increases greatly in size.

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A grocery story in Lower Manhattan in the hours before the mandatory evacuation ahead of the arrival of Sandy, Oct. 28. Credit...Michael Appleton for The New York Times

Oct. 26-29

New York Prepares

As the hurricane turns toward the United States, the New Yorkregion declares a state of emergency. Airlines cancel flights. New York City closes schools and suspends subway, bus and commuter train service. The stock exchange closes, and Broadway goes dark.

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Victor Concepcion, a janitor who was mandated to stay the night at P.S. 8 in Dumbo in Brooklyn, surveys the arrival of Sandy. Credit...Kirsten Luce for The New York Times