Eight years ago Thursday on Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall in the Northeast – battering Long Island and leaving homes damaged and destroyed in its wake.

Sandy brought high winds and a storm surge that caused historic flooding while downing trees and power lines across the region.

More than 1 million LIPA customers were left without power. Some were in the dark for weeks.

Long Beach was one of several communities that bore the brunt of the storm’s impact. Lew Dubow, who lives in the canal section of the city, says he is worried when the next storm will hit. He says bulkheading installed needs to be higher to protect homes.

“My bulkhead was raised only 18 inches from the previous bulkhead,” he told News 12. “It was not raised to the level that [the city is] doing the public bulkheading…water will seek its lowest point and still flood.”

From the Caribbean to the Northeast, 182 people were killed in the storm.