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Superstorm Sandy: Photos of the damage left behind

Thursday, October 29, 2015
Robert Bryce, right, walks with his wife, Marcia Bryce, past downed utility poles and other debris from Superstorm Sandy on Route 35 in Seaside Heights, N.J.
Matt Daly, 12, of Connecticut, places a U.S. flag atop a pile of sand removed from streets in the Rockaways, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York.
Damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point is shown Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in in the New York City borough of Queen.
A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, damage caused by a fire in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York is shown.
Part of a home rests upside-down in Seaside Heights, N.J. on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 after superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on Monday evening.
People wade and paddle down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y.
Vehicles are submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.
Maria Heidelberg, center, sorts through donated clothing to be sent out to a neighborhood hit by Superstorm Sandy, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Staten Island, N.Y.
John Okeefe walks on the beach as a rollercoaster that once sat on the Funtown Pier in Seaside Heights, N.J., rests in the ocean on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.
This aerial photo shows a collapsed house along the central Jersey Shore coast on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012.
Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts after looking at debris of a home that washed up on to the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after superstorm Sandy.
Homes severely damaged last October by Superstorm Sandy, are seen along the beach Thursday, April 25, 2013, in Mantoloking, N.J.
This Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 aerial file photo shows the Breezy Point neighborhood where more than 50 homes burned to the ground as a result of Superstorm Sandy.
A dog named Shaggy is handed from a National Guard truck to National Guard personnel after the dog and his owner left a flooded building in Hoboken, N.J.
Sea water floods the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.
Firefighters respond at the scene where the facade of a four-story building on 14th Street and 8th Avenue collapsed onto the sidewalk Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.
People, some waving to those on dry ground, are rescued by boat in Little Ferry, N.J. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in the wake of superstorm Sandy, which made landfall Monday.
Blacked out lower Manhattan in Sandy's wake. The storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, and brought a mix of high winds and soaking rain.
A man balances a child and umbrella on his bike as it rains during the approach of Hurricane Sandy in Manzanillo, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
Residents wade through a street flooded by heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 25, 2012. Hurricane Sandy rumbled across eastern Cuba as a Cat. 2 storm.
A woman wades through flood water brought by Hurricane Sandy as she evacuates her home in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood of eastern Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012.
High winds blow sea foam into the air as a person walks across Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area.
A lone pedestrian walks through an empty Times Square early, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in NYC. Hurricane Sandy forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets.
President Barack Obama is greeted by NJ Gov. Chris Christie upon his arrival in Atlantic City, Oct. 31, 2012. Obama took an aerial tour of Atlantic coastal areas damaged by Sandy.
Woman walks her dog through a working crew as they stack sandbags beside concrete barriers to protect buildings from flooding near the World Financial Center in NYC, Oct. 29, 2012.
Terry Robinson, left, and Bobby Carnutte wade through floodwater caused by Hurricane Sandy at RV Park in Kitty Hawk, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012. Sandy flooding left many roads impassable.
Damage from the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is seen in Edgely, Pa. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.
Rescue workers help stranded people out of their flooded homes in Seaside Heights, N.J., following the arrival of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.
Members of the Varuna boat club stand near a pile of boats washed ashore in Brooklyn, Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012, two days after Sandy made landfall.
A man photographs a home damaged during a storm at Breezy Point in Queens Tues., Oct. 30, 2012. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses Mon. night in an area flooded by Sandy.
Keith Klein walks through homes damaged by a fire at Breezy Point in Queens, Oct. 30, 2012. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses Monday night in an area flooded by Sandy.
Downed power lines and a battered road is what superstorm Sandy left behind as people walk off the flooded Seaside Heights island, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.
A flooded street in Seaside Heights, N.J., is seen in the wake of Superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012.
A worker picks up debris outside of the damaged Tatiana Grill on the Brighton Beach boardwalk, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Brooklyn.
People wait to use a pay phone on Brighton Beach Ave, 10-31-12, in Brooklyn. People in the coastal corridor battered by Sandy took the first steps Wed. to reclaim upended routines.
Freddie Nocella, Jr., looks at his grandfather's crushed Trans Am as he salvages belongings from his grandparents' damaged home after Sandy, Oct. 31, 2012, in Babylon Village, N.Y.
Badly damaged seaside homes are shown Oct. 31, 2012 along Long Island's south shore. Sandy caused multiple fatalities and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses.
Debris covers the lower floor of Don Durando's house in Long Beach, N.Y. Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, after sustaining flooding and other damage from Superstorm Sandy.
Chris Ferrone, right, carries his 3-year-old daughter Kora as she holds on to a five-gallon gas can while waiting in line to fill up at a gas station in Toms River, N.J. Nov.1 '12
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Robert Bryce, right, walks with his wife, Marcia Bryce, past downed utility poles and other debris from Superstorm Sandy on Route 35 in Seaside Heights, N.J.
AP Photo/ Julio Cortez
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  • WATER DAMAGE
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  • DESTROYED HOMES
  • DESTROYED BUSINESSES

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