After the Superstorm
New York City and the sodden U.S. Northeast begins an arduous journey back to normal after mammoth storm Sandy went on a rampage that swamped coastal cities and cut power to millions.
In neighbourhoods like Breezy Point in Queens whole streets were razed to the ground, leaving flattened, burnt patches of land where houses used to stand.
Before: The skyline of New York at night, almost a month before Sandy Hit.
After: The day after the storm made landfall, the skyline of lower Manhattan, as seen from Exchange Place, was left mostly in darkness after a preventive power outage. The Goldman Sachs building remained alight.
Waves crashed over a boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, as Hurricane Sandy approached.
People pull their luggage through Times Square as Hurricane Sandy approaches.
A woman stands in a street damaged by rising waters.
A woman and child walk through an empty aisle in a supermarket.
An Army vehicle makes its way down a flooded street.
People congregate in front of a building that still has wireless internet access.
Residents stand over vehicles which were submerged in a parking structure in the financial district of Lower Manhattan.
Zoe Jurusik, 20, paddle-boards down a flooded city street in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
U.S. President Barack Obama hugs North Point Marina owner Donna Vanzant as New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (left) looks on.
A tidal surge washed away a bridge connecting to the mainland in New Jersey.
A dead deer is pictured with driftwood and debris in Southampton.
Neighbors Lucille Dwyer (right) and Linda Strong embrace after looking through the wreckage of their homes in the Queens borough.
A man looks at his watch while waiting for hours to get fuel from a gas station in Queens.
