Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State Area: The Aftermath
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- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaBreezy Point, Queens (Al Jones/1010 WINS)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaOver 50 homes destroyed in a fire during Hurricane Sandy are viewed in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaHomes destroyed during Hurricane Sandy are viewed October 30, 2012 in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaOver 50 homes destroyed in a fire during Hurricane Sandy are viewed in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaOver 50 homes destroyed in a fire during Hurricane Sandy are viewed in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA fire inspector walks through Breezy Point, Queens. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaBreezy Point, Queens (Al Jones/1010 WINS)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaUS President Barack Obama gives a statement about the federal government's response to superstorm Sandy. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaUS President Barack Obama is applauded as he arrives to give a statement about the federal government's response to superstorm Sandy. (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaUS President Barack Obama gives a statement about the federal government's response to superstorm Sandy (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaBreezy Point, Queens (Al Jones/1010 WINS)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaCon Edison employees monitor the drainage of water being pumped out of Seven World Trade Center. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA woman wrings water out of a towel while cleaning her flooded car in the Lower East Side. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)A woman wrings water out of a towel while cleaning her flooded car in the Lower East Side. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaFILE -- A truck drives through a flooded street in the Lower East Side on Oct. 30, 2012, a day after Superstorm Sandy hit. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)FILE -- A truck drives through a flooded street on the Lower East Side on Oct. 30, 2012, a day after Superstorm Sandy hit. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaWorkers clean up a fallen tree in NYC. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaGround Zero, seen after Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaThe Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is flooded after a tidal surge caused by Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is flooded after a tidal surge caused by Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaThe Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is flooded after a tidal surge caused by Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is flooded after a tidal surge caused by Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaCars are left parked on a flooded street in the Lower East Side. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)Cars are left parked on a flooded street in the Lower East Side. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA truck drives through a flooded street near the north side of Ground Zero. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaPeople walk past debris in the area where a 2000-foot section of the "uptown" boardwalk was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Sandy with the Showboat Casino in the background in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaThe Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is flooded after a tidal surge caused by Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaWater floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaWater floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA construction site sinks into a large hole at South Street Seaport following Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA construction site sinks into a large hole at South Street Seaport following Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA crew works to pump water from the basement of the Verizon Building in lower Manhattan. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA man surveys the remains of a flooded store following Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA shutter is badly damaged in the aftermath of flooding following Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA car crushed by a tree following Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)A car crushed by a tree following Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA woman rides her bicycle through a flooded street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, after Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA police car drives by a downed tree in Red Hook, Brooklyn, after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage in the area. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)A police car drives by a downed tree in Red Hook, Brooklyn, after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage in the area. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaManhattan is viewed after much of the city lost electricity due to Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA man jogs, with a darkened Manhattan skyline in the background, after much of the city lost electricity due to the affects of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA car crushed by a tree in Manhattan following Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaRamiro Arcos sweeps debris from a storm drain in Manhattan while cleaning up damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaResident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building (L) which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Resident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building (L) which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaThe aftermath of flooding following Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaThe aftermath of flooding following Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaResident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaCars floating in a flooded subterranean basement following Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaCars floating in a flooded subterranean basement following Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District of New York. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaCars floating in a flooded subterranian basement following Hurricaine Sandy in the Financial District of New York. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaDebris litters a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaPortable, upended flood dikes are viewed on a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn is viewed after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA darkened Manhattan is viewed after much of the city lost electricity due to the affects of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA darkened Manhattan is viewed after much of the city lost electricity due to the affects of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaDebris litter a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
- Superstorm Sandy Slams Tri-State AreaA store which had flooded is viewed in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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