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New York begins recovery In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers take on the tedious task of picking up the pieces and wringing out the water of the flood-soaked metropolis.
Nov. 3, 2012
A woman searches through donated shoes at relief center set up in a parking lot in the Midland Beach neighborhood of Staten Island.
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Residents dig through the debris left by Sandy on Staten Island. Northeast residents lucky enough to have a roof after the hurricane struck now face a new problem: A shortage of heating oil and widespread power outages mean some homes may go cold as the weather turns wintry.
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Volunteers deliver blankets to residents affected by Hurricane Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York.
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A damaged chair sits on the beach in low-lying Coney Island in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Millions of customers in New Jersey and New York remain without power as colder weather approaches.
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Angelina Macdonald, 5, holds onto food given to her family by the U.S. Army National Guard in Long Beach, N.Y.
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Nov. 2, 2012
People stand in line with empty gas cans to fill at one of the few gas stations open on hard-hit Staten Island.
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A container of diapers sits in a basketball court in preparation for distribution to the residents of the Lower East Side, who remain without power due to Sandy.
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A sign asking for help from FEMA hangs in the Broad Channel section of Queens.
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Nov. 2, 2012
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, workers remove protective wood panels from the windows of the JC Cove restaurant in Freeport, N.Y.
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A New York City police officer informs drivers that they have two hours before the gas station that they lined up at will have fuel again, in midtown Manhattan.
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An NYPD traffic officer directs traffic with flashlights at 14th Street in lower Manhattan. Hurricane Sandy has knocked out power to much of lower Manhattan and has forced many residents to seek shelter in other parts of the city. The storm, one of the largest to hit the region in decades, has caused massive destruction of the city's infrastructure.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Members of the fire department arrive to extinguish a campfire built by people to keep warm in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the lower east side in New York.
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Oct. 31, 2012
People shop in a grocery store whose portable generator restored some light on Bleecker Street in New York.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Trick-or-treaters pass by a felled tree in the Ditmas Park neighborhood of Brooklyn.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Lisa Kravchenko stands among flood debris in her princess Halloween costume in Staten Island.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Residents pick through the debris left by a massive fire in the Breezy Point section of the Rockaways in Queens.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Residents start repairs to damage in the Rockaways in Queens.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Workers clear away sand deposited near the Promenade Nursing Home in Queens by Hurricane Sandy.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Fletcher Harris, a Vietnam veteran, sits in front of the boarding house where he lives in the Rockaways. The neighborhood had no electricity Wednesday, and residents said they had received no assistance from the Red Cross or other agencies.
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Oct. 31, 2012
The Farrell family returns to their home on Oceanside Avenue in the Breezy Point section of the Rockaways. Their basement was flooded and the house suffered some structural damage.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Residents comfort each other in the hard-hit Breezy Point section of Queens.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Men carry plywood for quick repairs in the Breezy Point section of the Rockaways.
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Residents wearing Halloween costumes walk past fire damage on Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Queens.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Flooded streets hampered damage assessment in Breezy Point.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Breezy Point residents check the site where their home once was.
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Residents stare at the damage in Breezy Point.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Little remains of a house in the fire-ravaged part of Breezy Point.
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Beams fell on a sport-utility vehicle on Reid Avenue South in Breezy Point.
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This house in Queens was destroyed by fire during the storm.
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Acres of Breezy Point are strewn with wreckage.
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Oct. 31, 2012
A worker picks up debris outside a restaurant on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk in Brooklyn.
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Oct. 31, 2012
A truck remains submerged on the ramp to the Battery Park underpass in lower Manhattan.
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Oct. 31, 2012
Thousands of gallons of water are pumped from the lower floors of a building on Wall Street.
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Oct. 31, 2012
A worker pushes the water toward a storm drain.
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A closed subway station is seen in lower Manhattan. The city’s subway system remains closed due to flooded tunnels and stations.
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Oct. 31, 2012
A section of commuter train tracks in Long Island was washed out by the storm.
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Neighbors Lucille Dwyer, right, and Linda Strong embrace after looking through the wreckage of their homes in the Breezy Point section of Queens.
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Oct. 30, 2012
Robert Connolly, left, embraces his wife Laura as they survey the remains of the home owned by her parents that burned to the ground in the Breezy Point section of Queens.
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Oct. 30, 2012
Firefighters work at the scene of a house fire in the aftermath of Sandy in Lindenhurst, N.Y.
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Residents assess damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point in Queens.
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Keith Klein and Eileen Blair, left, walk in Breezy Point in Queens.
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Oct. 30, 2012
A tree leans against a house in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, while another tree lies on a taxi with a shattered rear window in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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Oct. 30, 2012
A pedestrian passes a fallen tree on East Seventh Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side.
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A boat floats in the driveway of a home in the aftermath of Sandy in Lindenhurst, N.Y.
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Oct. 30, 2012
Floodwaters on the FDR East River Drive in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on the Lower East Side of New York.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Seawater floods the construction site at Lower Manhattan's Ground Zero, the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Rising water produced by Sandy rushes into an underground parking garage in New York's financial district.
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Seawater floods the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
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A construction vehicle drives through the flooded streets of the Dumbo (an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood of Brooklyn.
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A flooded gas station is seen in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn.
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Oct. 29, 2012
People brace against a gust in Brooklyn's Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood. Residents were ordered to evacuate because of the storm surge expected from the hurricane.
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Firefighters work in front of a partially collapsed four-story apartment building in Manhattan.
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Oct. 29, 2012
The facade of an apartment building collapsed in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.
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Firefighters use a saw in an attempt to remove a partially collapsed door in New York.
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A blacked-out New York skyline is seen from Brooklyn.
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A woman is evacuated after going into labor at a Red Cross shelter in Hampton Bays, N.Y.
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Oct. 29, 2012
A news reporter stands in heavy rain as he waits to report live from Battery Park.
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Oct. 29, 2012
A car is submerged in the Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) section of Brooklyn as the East River overflows.
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Oct. 29, 2012
A man looks down a flooded street in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn.
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Lower Manhattan goes dark, as seen from the Brooklyn Heights promenade.
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People wade and paddle down a flooded street in Lindenhurst, N.Y.
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