Sea Girt, NJ-10/30/12- Hurricane Sandy-Bob Bielk/ Asbury Park Press Staff Photographer: The boardwalk along the oceanfront in Sea Girt, NJ has been completely destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.NJ Sandy 103012
Gov. Chris Christie says the devastation at the New Jersey shore is "unthinkable."
Christie says the first priority for officials is to try to rescue those still stranded by floodwaters on barrier islands and elsewhere.
He says the full extent of damage will not be known for another day or two.
He says parts of amusement piers at Seaside Park have washed into the Atlantic Ocean, railroad bridges are badly damaged, train tracks on the North Jersey Coast line have been swept away, rail cars were carried by floodwaters onto the New Jersey Turnpike and homes were swept off their foundations in Ocean County.
Christie is asking private employers statewide to let workers stay home today as road crews begin to clear.
Asbury Park Press, Staff Report