Hurricane Sandy (IMAGE) University of Iowa Caption NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured this visible image of Hurricane Sandy battering the US East coast on Monday, Oct. 29 at 9:10 am EDT. Sandy's center was about 310 miles south-southeast of New York City. Tropical Storm force winds are about 1,000 miles in diameter. Credit Image courtesy of NASA GOES Project Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.