http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-after-landfall/100396/
In the website www.theatlantic.com, there is a section called "In Focus with Alan Taylor", where Alan Taylor posted an article which showed the disaster hurricane Sandy left in upper south of US. He starts by saying informations about the disaster, such as its speed, where it passed, and the casualties. He also post many photos of the disasters the hurricane left. It shows how New York is out of power and many places are flooded. Many citizens lost their home and their belongings too, such as their cars. Taylor writes, " These fatalities, when added to the previous toll in the Caribbean, leave Sandy responsible for more taking more than 80 lives to date. " He states that Sandy has caused many fatalities and he posts 52 photos with captions which explains each picture and what is happening in them.
The author's purpose for writing this article with numerous pictures of Sandy with the captions. The audience which the author wanted to read is everyone, since Taylor wants to show not only to Americans, but other people too. He wants to inform people and keep them up with the news. Taylor wishes to inform the readers about the casualties and images which prove the facts he is writing about.
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