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A Nor'easter storm dumps snow on Coney Island as thousands of residents are still without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 07, 2012

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Heavy wet snow is brought down many trees and branches, already weakened by Hurricane Sandy, during a large nor'easter storm blew into Jersey City, NJ, Nov. 7, 2012.

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The fire-scorched landscape after a nor'easter storm, Breezy Point, NY, Nov. 8, 2012

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Snow falls as gulls fly over a large debris pile as a nor'easter arrives in the Rockaway, Queens, NY, Nov. 7, 2012

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People wait on line to buy gasoline during a nor'easter storm in Brooklyn, NY, Nov. 7, 2012

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Carmen Mercado walks with her belongings to a shelter during a Nor'easter in the Rockaways, Queens, NY, Nov. 7, 2012

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Robert Munoz collects supplies from a mobile Red Cross in Staten Island, NY, Nov. 7, 2012

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Residents of Rockaways, Queens, NY on election day, a week after Hurricane Sandy which brought devastating damage to area and still without power, Nov. 6, 2012

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Residents of Far Rockaway, Queens, NY on election day gather to charge phones, Nov. 6, 2012

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Residents stay warm by a fire during near freezing temperatures in the Rockaways, Queens, NY, Nov. 4, 2012

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A vinyl record featuring the speeches of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lays ruined on a pile of belongings in front of a home in the Midland Beach neighborhood in hard hit Staten Island, NY, Nov. 4, 2012.

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Volunteers bring food and water up to the high floors of the Red Hook housing projects in Brooklyn, NY on Nov. 3, 2012. Without power or working elevators the building staircase are pitch black and very dangerous and many elderly residents remain trapped in their apartments.

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Walter Traina, 6, drags a model plane out of the rubble near his grandfather's garage in Staten Island, New York on Nov. 2, 2012.

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Clifford Seay holds his girlfriend, Regina Yahara-Splain, while cleaning out her home, which was damaged by Superstorm Sandy in Highlands, N.J., Nov. 1, 2012

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Woman reflects on the destruction of Hurricane Sandy in Breezy Point, Queens, NY, Nov. 2, 2012.

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