Nightly News   |  November 01, 2012

Sandy’s large swath of destruction

Millions remains without power, and in some places it could be weeks before the power goes back on. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>> storm's impact is staggerering. across such a wide area, a cold, dark need, food going bad, people can't buy gas, kids can't go to school, they can't go to work and many homes are ripped open. many businesses are still without power across 15 state, millions of people, from maine to michigan, all the way down to north carolina . let's not forget. cities and towns battered in between, in some places it could be weeks before the lights come back on. in northeast ohio , tens of thousands in and around cleveland could be without heat during the weekend. temperatures in the mid-30s at night. in connecticut, power crews are making their way through a tangled maze, in town after town, they are trying to fix ocean city 's hard-hit beach front, and digging out in west virginia , as part of the state received under three feet