Superstorm Sandy – through the eyes of YouTube
More than 7 million people have been affected by Sandy, and many of them have taken to YouTube share their video experiences.
As you might expect, many people have uploaded their videos of Sandy and its aftermath to YouTube – from shots of trees crushing cars, to one intrepid explorer jet-skiing down a newly created river on a road.
Channel 4 News has collected some of the videos here. If you have any to share, tweet us at @channel4news and let us know.
Google has also worked with Storyful to plot the videos on a crisis map of the east coast, allowing you to see the progression of the storm across the eastern seaboard.
One New Jersey resident takes to the streets of Manasquan on a jetski (above).
The threat from above is outline by @AndrewSansone, who filmed a high-rise crane in danger of collapsing in New York City.
One astonished family captures on film the moment the storm blew the trees in their street over onto cars and started fires (contains swearing).
The front of a four-storey building collapsed in Greenwhich Village. MarkLeeTx filmed it and then the emergency services rushing into the building afterwards.
Video of the storm lashing the East River in New York city.
Electrical wiring cables in Queens, New York, catch fire after the storm – as filmed by Tina Amini.
Video of floodwater streaming through streets and houses.
Finally, Richard Shepard wrote a programme to capture a screengrab from the NYTimes webcam over a 24 hour period and put it together as a film. Watch Sandy as it hits New York City.
