8,100,000 homes lost power power outages lasted for weeks hurricane saw millions of people without power power outages lasted for weeks power outages lasted for weeks power outages lasted for weeks more than eight million homes across 17 states lost power power outages lasted for weeks left more than eight million power outages lasted for weeks power outages lasted for weeks power outages lasted for weeks power outages lasted for weeks 10,000 phone calls Hurricane Sandy TIME 8.1 million homes lost power in outages affecting 17 states. $US25 billion power outages lasted for weeks power outages lasted for weeks 8 million homes