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Cars floating in a flooded basement following Hurricaine Sandy on Oct. 30, in the Financial District of New York.

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Joe Gallagher carries his aunt Kathleen Fitzsimmons on Thursday, Nov. 1 in Breezy Point, N.Y. Fitzsimmons collapsed after viewing the burned-out remains of the home that had been in her family since 1928. Residents returned to their devastated homes after Superstorm Sandy and a fire there that destroyed over 100 homes.

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John Dellorusso looks over his backyard which now contains the debris from a nearby restaurant, on Thursday in Staten Island. His home, at right, was severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

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People walk on the beach past the remnants of the Spring Lake boardwalk which was damaged by Hurricane Sandy in Spring Lake, NJ, on Thursday.

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People board the NY Waterways ferry with the Manhattan skyline in the background in Hoboken, N.J., on Thursday.

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Seawater from the storm surge of Hurricane Sandy floods the Ground Zero construction site on Oct. 29. Sandy forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets and sent coastal residents fleeing.

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Robert Justh drags a hose while attempting to drain a flooded basement, caused by Hurricane Sandy, in Long Beach, N.Y., on Wednesday.

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Damage is viewed in the Rockaway neighborhood where the historic boardwalk was washed away during Hurricane Sandy, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the Queens borough of New York City.