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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall18.jpgRecovery efforts continue at Oceanpoint, New Jersey, in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Photograph: Les Stone/American Red Cross/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall17.jpgAlexander Serrano tosses a bag onto a pile of damaged belongings to be assessed for insurance claims outside a home in the West Beach Haven community of Manahawkin, New Jersey. Photograph: Tom Mihalek/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall15.jpgA man walks through piles of debris outside damaged homes in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York, which had not yet been removed by the Department of Sanitation. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall14.jpgResidents wait in line to collect free petrol the day after the November 7th snowstorm in Rockaway, Queens, New York City. Petrol has only just become available for residents in the neighbourhood after Sandy. Many of them use it to power electricity generators. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall13.jpgVolunteers from a relief station stand on supports for a washed away boardwalk in the Rockaways area of Queens, New York. Photograph: Michael Nagle/New York Times
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall12.jpgA pile of sand on Ocean Avenue with thank you messages and US Flags in Belmar, New Jersey, as recovery efforts continue after Sandy. Photograph: Tom Mihalek/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall11.jpgA beach front home which Sandy cracked in half after the November 7th snowstorm. Photograph: Marcus Yam/New York Times
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall8.jpgCrews work to remove hurricane debris on the beach in the Rockaways area in the Queens borough of New York. Photograph: Michael Nagle/New York Times
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall7.jpgDebris in the South Ferry subway station in Manhattan, New York, several days after Hurricane Sandy torn through the island. Photograph: Robert Stolarik/New York Times
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall6.jpgA trailer formerly used as beach rest rooms stranded on snow-covered sand in Belmar, New Jersey. Photograph: Tom Mihalek/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall5.jpgNew York Air National Guardsmen guard fallen power lines in Westchester County, New York in Sandy’s aftermath. The subsequent November 7th storm cut power to 300,000 customers in New York and New Jersey. Photograph: Capt Jasmine Candelario/NY National Guard/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall4.jpgShattered pavement on the promenade around Liberty Island which was dislodged during Hurricane Sandy. The National Park Service says Sandy did no real harm to the Statue of Liberty (background) but caused "significant damage" to the infrastructure of Liberty Island and Ellis Island, which will leave them closed to tourists indefinitely. Photograph: Kevin Daley/National Park Service/New York Times
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall3a.gifBedridden patient John Josey listens to instructions from a Medecins Sans Frontieres doctor about his medical needs. He is being accommodated in New York City Housing Authority housing that is still without power in the Queens borough neighbourhood of Edgemere. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/sandygall2.jpgA woman receives a a “no-heat” hot meal from Red Cross emergency response vehicle staff in Staten Island, New York, after the November 7th snowstorm that came in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Photograph: Talia Frenkel/American Red Cross/Reuters
