Greenpeace surveys Hurricane Sandy damage, provides power from solar truck

by Cassady Craighill

November 2, 2012

The tracks of a roller coaster lie in the surf off the destroyed Casino Pier in Seaside Heights on the New Jersey shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

© Greenpeace / Tim Aubry

Below are photos of Hurricane Sandy damage along the New Jersey and New York coast as well as Greenpeace’s solar truck, the Rolling Sunlight, as it provides power for residents to charge cell phones. Read more updates about Hurricane Sandy and the Rolling Sunlight.

The tracks of a roller coaster lie in the surf off the destroyed Casino Pier in Seaside Heights on the New Jersey shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Houses lie in ruins on the New Jersey shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

A building floats near the New Jersey shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

A heavily damage building labeled Sea Watch Beach on the New Jersey shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Trailer homes in Beach Haven pushed awry by the storm surge are shown in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on the New Jersey coast.

Damaged houses covered in sand in Lavallette in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy along the New Jersey coast.

Fires burn in Lavallette in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on the New Jersey coast.

Volunteers distribute donated food and supplies at a makeshift base to help residents of Queens still without power after Hurricane Sandy. The Greenpeace solar truck Rolling Sunlight supplied power to charge cell phones.

Cell phones charge at a makeshift base to help residents of Far Rockaway in Queens still without power after Hurricane Sandy. The Greenpeace solar truck Rolling Sunlight supplied power.

Greenpeace’s solar truck in New York

Cassady Craighill

By Cassady Craighill

Cassady is a media officer for Greenpeace USA based on the East Coast. She covers climate change and energy, particularly how both issues relate to the Trump administration.

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