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Sandy’s devastating blow More than 7.5 million on East Coast lose power in storm.
Nov. 2, 2012
Staten Islanders wait for fuel as supplies begin to dwindle throughout the area because of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. From storm-scarred New Jersey to parts of Connecticut, a widespread lack of gasoline or electricity to pump it brought grousing, gridlock and worse, compounding frustrations as millions of Americans struggled to return to normal.
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James Traina climbs over the remains of his parents' house, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Staten Island.
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Nov. 2, 2012
Kimberly and Ryan Kelliher ride their scooters on a piece of boardwalk that was washed along Beach 91st Street in the Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York.
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Members of the Traina family try to recover photographs and other personal items from the basement of Sheila and Dominic Traina's destroyed home in Staten Island. A relief fund is being created just for residents of the hard-hit New York City borough.
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Nov. 2, 2012
Ben Fishner and Rachel Finkelstein deliver water and ready-to-eat meals to residents of the Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn, which had no water or electricity.
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Nov. 2, 2012
Water from Hurricane Sandy is pumped from a flooded basement of an office building near New York's Battery Park.
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Nov. 2, 2012
A worker shovels sand out of homeowner Sandy Forino's living room in Longport, N.J., after it was carried in by the surge from Hurricane Sandy.
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Nov. 2, 2012
Boats rest atop on another after being swept ashore by a storm surge in the Staten Island borough of New York.
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Nov. 2, 2012
Cars that were overturned and submerged by Hurricane Sandy remained at the entrance of a subterranean parking garage in New York's financial district as the water was pumped out.
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Nov. 2, 2012
Bob Cleary places damaged belongings on a pile of mattresses, couches and other items outside his home in Avon by the Sea, N.J.
TOM MIHALEK
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REUTERS
Nov. 2, 2012
U.S. National Guard and American Red Cross volunteers unload donated supplies for storm victims at a FEMA and American Red Cross aid and disaster relief station in the hard-hit Staten Island borough of New York City.
MIKE SEGAR
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REUTERS
Nov. 2, 2012
Neighbors speak in a flooded street in the Staten Island borough of New York City. Hundreds of thousands of people in Staten Island remained without electricity in areas affected by the storm.
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Nov. 2, 2012
People walk in what remains of a house destroyed by a storm surge from Hurricane Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York.
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Nov. 2, 2012
Sheila and Dominic Traina hug in front of their home, which was demolished during Hurricane Sandy in Staten Island, N.Y.
Seth Wenig
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Nov. 1, 2012
Bianca Nolasco, left, and Hazel Nolasco use a rope to hoist gallon jugs of hydrant water up to their fifth-floor apartment after being without water and power since Hurricane Sandy hit. Hundreds of tenants of a large New York Housing project in the East Village are on their third day without power or water.
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Nov. 1, 2012
Tenants of a city housing project pack non-potable water from a hydrant to take back to their apartments, which have been without power or water since Hurricane Sandy hit Oct. 29. The projects are next to a ConEd electricity substation that blew up during the storm.
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Nov. 1, 2012
Local church volunteers give out bottled water to Maria Acosta and others who are without power and water.
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Nov. 1, 2012
Taxi driver Balkar Singhs sits in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the way to Lower Manhattan as the city tries to return to normal. Subway service was still very limited to the area that was hard hit by the storm.
Linda Davidson
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Nov. 1, 2012
Regina Yahara-Splain cleans out her home in Highlands, N.J., after it was damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The aftereffects of the storm, which left millions without power or water, continue to be felt by businesses and residents throughout much of the Eastern Seaboard.
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Nov. 1, 2012
Ryan Nelsen, left, and Fields Harrington ride a tandem bicycle to generate power as people wait for their cellphones to recharge on Avenue C in New York's East Village. This improvised power station is in front of the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, which has postponed its scheduled opening this month because of the storm.
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Nov. 1, 2012
A woman covers her face in frustration while waiting for hours in line to get fuel at a gas station in the New York City borough of Queens. Gasoline shortages in the region stem from multiple factors, from flooding to power outages to a diesel spill.
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Nov. 1, 2012
Commuters wait in a line to board buses into Manhattan in front of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The line stretched twice around the arena and commuters reported wait times of one to three hours to get on a bus.
Seth Wenig
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Nov. 1, 2012
Commuters on a bus to Manhattan outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn await departure. Limited subway services were running in New York for the first time since Oct. 29, when Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast.
ANDREW GOMBERT
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Nov. 1, 2012
Con Edison employees deliver dry ice to people waiting on Staten Island at a station set up to deliver food, water and clothing to those devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
MIKE SEGAR
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REUTERS
Nov. 1, 2012
Andrew Seemar, 13, removes items from a room as he and his mother, Kathleen Seemar, clean up after their home in Brick, N.J., was flooded during Sandy.
Julio Cortez
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AP
Nov. 1, 2012
Members of the Hague family try to salvage a washing machine from their flood-damaged home in the Ocean Breeze area of the Staten Island borough of New York City. Their house, like many in the seaside community, was innundated by the ocean surge caused by Sandy.
John Moore
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GETTY IMAGES
Nov. 1, 2012
Cars are partially submerged after heavy flooding by Hurricane Sandy in Belmar, N.J.
MICHAEL REYNOLDS
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European Pressphoto Agency
Nov. 1, 2012
A mini-golf course on the boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. The storm wrecked boardwalks and amusements all along the 127-mile Jersey shore.
Wayne Parry
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AP
Nov. 1, 2012
A cash register was among debris left by Hurricane Sandy in Sea Bright, N.J.
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REUTERS
Nov. 1, 2012
A woman stands beside her overturned SUV on a slick country road in Deep Creek, Md. Deep Creek, in Maryland's western panhandle, was hit hard as Hurricane Sandy left over two feet of snow and thousands without power.
Ricky Carioti
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Nov. 1, 2012
First Energy power crews work on utility lines in Deep Creek, Md.
Ricky Carioti
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Oct. 31, 2012
A scene in Seaside Heights, N.J., as seen from a helicopter traveling behind the one carrying President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as they viewed damage from superstorm Sandy.
Doug Mills
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Pool
Oct. 31, 2012
This view of storm damage over the Atlantic coast in Seaside Heights, N.J.
Doug Mills
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Oct. 31, 2012
Flooding wrought by Sandy in Seaside Heights, N.J.
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Oct. 31, 2012
President Obama talks to people displaced by Sandy at a shelter in Brigantine, N.J.
Jewel Samad
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
A dog named Shaggy is handed to National Guard personnel after the dog and his owner were rescued from a flooded building in Hoboken, N.J.
Craig Ruttle
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AP
Oct. 31, 2012
A car is buried in sand in Long Beach Island, N.J.
Mark Wilson
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Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
A long line forms at a Sunoco gas station at a rest stop on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey.
Michael Reynolds
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
A section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
Michael Reynolds
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
A worker uses a frontloader to clear sand and debris in Atlantic City.
Patrick Semansky
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AP
Oct. 31, 2012
Debris and damage is seen among homes in Atlantic City.
Michael Reynolds
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
Water is pumped from a restaurant on First Street in Hoboken, N.J.
Craig Ruttle
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
People walk through the houses destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York.
Bebeto Matthews
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
An aerial view of the damage on the New Jersey coast, taken during a search and rescue mission by 1-150 Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard.
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Oct. 30, 2012
Currie Wagner walks away from the scene where the debris of his grandmother Betty Wagner's house ended up on top of the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after the storm rolled through in Mantoloking, N.J.
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Oct. 30, 2012
Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts after looking at debris of a home that washed up on to the Mantoloking Bridge.
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Oct. 30, 2012
Floodwaters surround homes near the Mantoloking Bridge.
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Oct. 30, 2012
The water tanker John B. Caddell runs aground on the shore of Staten Island.
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
A snow plow clears a portion of a road near Oakland, Md.
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Oct. 30, 2012
Debris from a section of the Atlantic City boardwalk are scattered along a beach.
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for The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
The tide rises in Old Town Alexandria.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
Residents look over the remains of burned homes in the Rockaways section of New York on Tuesday. Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast on Monday with fierce winds and driving rain. The monster storm shut down public transportation and businesses while leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
Keith Bedford
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
A rainbow is seen over homes devastated by the effects of Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point section of Queens. Millions of people across the East Coast awoke Tuesday to scenes of destruction wrought by the monster storm, which knocked out power to huge swaths of the nation's most densely populated region and swamped New York's subway system and streets in Manhattan's financial district.
Shannon Stapleton
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
In the aftermath of Sandy, Sveinn Storm, owner of Storm Bros. Ice Cream Factory, measures the flood waters outside his store in Annapolis.
Susan Walsh
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Doug Risinger of Anne Arundel County struggles to kick off a portion of an oak tree that damaged a home on Philadelphia Avenue in Takoma Park. Risinger's sister lives next door (though not in the damaged house shown). Risinger was working with a friend who planned to mill the wood.
Bonnie Jo Mount
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
Merdad Izadi takes photos of the high water levels on the Potomac from the boardwalk, which is just inches from being submerged. He was taking a walk along the Georgetown waterfront near 30th and K streets NW.
Michael S. Williamson
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
A photographer shoots waves generated from the remnants of Hurricane Sandy as they crash into the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago. Winds up to 50 mph caused waves up to 25 feet high on the lake. The storm has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. President Obama has declared the situation a “major disaster” for large areas of the East Coast, including New York City.
Scott Olson
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Getty Images
Oct. 30, 2012
A National Guard vehicle travels through high water to check areas in Ocean City after the effects of Hurricane Sandy. The storm caused multiple fatalities along the Eastern Seaboard, halting mass transit and cutting power to more than 7 million homes and businesses.
Alex Brandon
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
A view of a flooded plaza along Water Street after Hurricane Sandy left most of Lower Manhattan without power. The hurricane, since downgraded to a post-tropical storm, has brought floods, fires and high winds, making it one of the biggest storms to ever hit the country.
Justin Lane
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 30, 2012
In a photo taken by the Coast Guard on Monday, the HMS Bounty, a 180-foot replica tall ship, is shown submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy, approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C. Of the 16-person crew, the Coast Guard rescued 14. One of the missing crew members was found by a rescuer, but the woman was unresponsive. The captain of the vessel has yet to be found.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski
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Coast Guard via Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
An emergency worker carries an resident from floodwater brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, N.J.
Adam Hunger
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of the storm in Hoboken, N.J.
Charles Sykes
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
James McConnon, right, and sister Ryan play in the water at King and Union streets in Old Town Alexandria. The morning high tide was not as deep as expected but still drew quite a crowd.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
Many dog owners in Alexandria gathered at King and Union streets to see the floodwater after the storm.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
A giant tree rests on the home at 804 S. Overlook Dr. in the Beverly Hills neighborhood in Alexandria. Residents said the owners left last night after the tree fell during the storm.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
A driver navigates past a utility pole on Kemp Mill Drive in Silver Spring after the effects of Hurricane Sandy hit the area.
Toni L. Sandys
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
A downed tree and power lines block Route 261 in Calvert County just south of Chesapeake Beach, Md., in the wake of the storm.
Ray K. Saunders
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
Tree branches lay collapsed on power lines near Oakland, Md. In the wake of the storm, snow piled up to 20 inches in the mountains of Western Maryland.
Doug Kapustin
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for The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York's financial district in the aftermath of Sandy.
Richard Drew
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney carries bottles of water as he participates in a campaign event collecting supplies from residents and local relief organizations for victims of Hurricane Sandy at the James S. Trent Arena in Kettering, Ohio.
Melina Mara
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The Washington Post
Oct. 30, 2012
A general view from Exchange Place in New Jersey shows the skyline of lower Manhattan in darkness after a power outage caused by the megastorm in New York. Millions of people along the East Coast awoke Tuesday to flooded homes, fallen trees and widespread power outages.
Eduardo Munoz
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
Debris litters the floor of Exchange Place in New Jersey after Sandy struck.
Eduardo Munoz
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
A deer carcass lies amid driftwood and debris left by a combination of the storm and high tide in Southampton, N.Y.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
The seaside neighborhood of Breezy Point in New York shows the destruction wrought by a fire. Officials say the blaze was reported around 11 p.m. Monday in an area flooded by the storm.
Frank Franklin II
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AP
Oct. 30, 2012
Ray Cilli and his dog, Woubie, are rescued from floodwater brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, N.J.
Adam Hunger
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Reuters
Oct. 30, 2012
The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial sits in floodwater in downtown Annapolis after the remnants of Hurricane Sandy passed through Maryland's capital.
Susan Walsh
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AP
In a photo made through a chain-link fence, traffic is gridlocked on the Long Island Expressway into Manhattan near the turn off for the Queensboro Bridge, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. New York's subway system rumbled partially back to life Thursday, though the morning commute was plagued by long delays and massive gridlock on the main highways and bridges leading into the city. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Jason DeCrow
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AP
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