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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s281.jpgA man looks through the debris of his destroyed home in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York City. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s41.jpgA man looks at a damaged house in Seagate Association, a gated community, after Superstorm Sandy in New York. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s171.jpgDebris lies near a house, damaged from the storm surge and winds, in the heavily affected community of Atlantique on Fire Island, New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s4.jpgA wall is seen missing from Frank and Dick's fuel dock near Fire Island, New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s15.jpgA home stands on stilts that once had sand piled to just below the floorboards in the community of Atlantique on Fire Island, New York.Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s81.jpgDestroyed fishing huts are seen on an island near Fire Island, New York . Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s291.jpgA man walks through a flooded street in Little Ferry, New Jersey. Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s161.jpgA man stands on a deck inspecting debris and storm damage on Captree Island, south of Fire Island, New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s91.jpgBoats are seen piled up after being thrown off their at a marina in Bay Shore, New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s14.jpgA boat stands on a basketball court covered by sand deposited by Superstorm Sandy in the community of Atlantique on Fire Island, New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s49.jpgPeople view damage from a fire in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. Photograph: Kirsten Luce/The New York Times.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s46.jpgFirefighters put out a fire at the Harbor Light Pub in the Queens borough of New York. Photograph: Michael Nagle/The New York Times.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s45.jpgA firefighter sprays water on a home burned by a fire in the Queens borough of New York. Photograph: Robert Stolarik/The New York Times.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s131.jpgMen kick a drowned opossum off of a deck while inspecting debris and storm damage on Captree Island, south of Fire Island, New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s121.jpgMen pass through a flooded walkway while viewing damage caused on Fire Island, New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s421.jpgA tree that fell on a parked car in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Photograph: Earl Wilson/The New York Times.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s351.jpgAmbulance sits abandoned in the middle of a flooded street in Hoboken, New Jersey. Photograph: Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images.
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Assessing the damage
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s341.jpgTaxis sit in a flooded lot in Hoboken, New Jersey. Photograph: Michael Bocchieri/ Getty Images.
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Power outage continues
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s50.jpgA stretch of dark buildings in the Manhattan borough of New York. Photograph: Michael Nagle/The New York Times
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Power outage continues
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s25.jpgCars are blurred as they pass by a darkened Flatiron Building in a section of Manhattan still in a blackout. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images.
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Power outage continues
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s44.jpgA view of the downtown Manhattan area without power in New York. Photograph: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times.
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Power outage continues
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s36.jpgA ConEd worker works to restore power. Residents of lower Manhattan faced up to four days without power on as Consolidated Edison, New York City's power provider, scrambled to repair the damage wrought by Superstorm Sandy. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters.
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Power outage continues
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s48.jpgConsolidated Edison employees work at a temporary office set up inside its headquarters near Union Square in the Manhattan borough of New York. Photograph: Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times.
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Power outage continues
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s211.jpgPolice gather to tell a man to put out the road flare he found and was using as an impromptu flashlight while walking with friends in front of a darkened Flatiron Building in a section of Manhattan still in a blackout. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images.
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Power outage continues
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s30.jpgRepair crew members of Delmarva Power replace a power pole which was damaged during in Ocean City, Maryland. Photograph: Alex Wong/Getty Images.
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Power outage continues
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s26.jpgA man rides a bicycle to generate electricity so residents can charge their cell phones in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images.
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Power outage continues
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s7.jpgA woman buys a flashlight in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in New York. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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Life goes on
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s23.jpgPeople charge their devices at a free charging station offered by a 7-11 store in an area with power in Manhattan. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images.
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Life goes on
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s60.jpgPeople congregate in front of a building that still has wireless internet access. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters.
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Life goes on
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s18.jpgPeople gather inside Dorian Gray Tap and Grill during a power outage in the East Village neighborhood of New York City. . Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images.
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Life goes on
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s22.jpgManager Devin Vilardi wears a headlamp while doing paperwork at Professor Thom's bar, that is still serving drinks even though they have no power. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters.
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Life goes on
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s20.jpgResidents have a party on the sidewalk during a power. Photograph: Allison Joyce/Getty Images.
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Life goes on
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s321.jpgA man rides his bike through a flooded Erie-Lackawanna Park in Hoboken, New Jersey. Photograph: Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images.
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Life goes on
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s312.jpgResidents walk on a street covered in beach sand due to flooding in Long Beach, New York. Photograph: Mike Stobe/Getty Images
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Life goes on
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/10/s101.jpgThe sun sets over the Robert Moses Causeway leading to Fire Island, New York. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters.
