New Jersey faces daunting cleanup and recovery after Sandy
Piles of debris, damaged homes and flooded streets remain in the wake of the storm.
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Nov. 3, 2012
New Jersey state troopers keep order as motorists line up to purchase gasoline at the Thomas A. Edison service area on the New Jersey Turnpike near Woodbridge, N.J. Lines were long at some gas stations with motorists trying to make purchases before a noon switch to a gas-rationing system ordered by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R). Drivers with license plates ending in an even number will be allowed to buy gas on even-numbered days, and those with plates ending in an odd number can make gas purchases on odd-numbered days.
Mel Evans / AP
Nov. 3, 2012
A New Jersey state trooper talks to a motorist at the Thomas A. Edison service area on the New Jersey Turnpike. From storm-scarred New Jersey to parts of Connecticut, a widespread lack of gasoline added to the frustration since Sandy passed through the area.
Mel Evans / AP
Nov. 3, 2012
Carol Arnold removes fishing poles from her home in Cedar Bonnet Island, N.J., which was heavily damaged by the storm surge from Sandy. Frustration is setting in for some New Jersey residents who are still without power and running low on food. Some residents say too much attention is being paid to the Jersey Shore and not enough to working people who are hurting.
Patrick Semansky / AP
Nov. 3, 2012
Heavy equipment is deployed to clean up of sand-covered Center Street in Seaside Heights, N.J. Residents in northeast New Jersey who are lucky enough to have a roof after Hurricane Sandy now face a new problem: A heating oil shortage and widespread power outages mean some homes may go cold as the weather turns wintry.
Scott Anderson / Reuters
Nov. 3, 2012
A utility crew works to restore power in Long Beach Island, N.J., after communities on the island sustained damage from Sandy.
Patrick Semansky / AP
Nov. 3, 2012
President Obama visits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for an update on the recovery from Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York and New Jersey especially hard, as well as much of the East Coas,t earlier this week. He is joined by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, right, as he displays a photo of an Air Force C-17 transporting utility trucks to aid the devastated areas.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Nov. 2, 2012
Jeffrey Holloway begins the process of cleaning and renovating the home of a client at 56th Street and Central Avenue in Ocean City, N.J.
Elizabeth Robertson / Philadelphia Inquirer via AP
Nov. 2, 2012
A home in Mantoloking, N.J., was left partially inundated by Hurricane Sandy.
Tim Larsen / New Jersey Governor's Office via Reuters
Nov. 2, 2012
New Jersey Gov.Chris Christie (R), center, hugs Councilwoman D'Arcy Rohan-Green (R) as New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno (R), right, watches, while surveying the Hurricane Sandy-damaged areas along Route 35 in Bayhead, N.J.
Tim Larsen / New Jersey Governor's Office via Reuters
Nov. 2, 2012
Volunteers load food products donated by Goya at the Jersey City Office of Emergency Management in Jersey City The products will go to six different locations around Jersey City to feed those displaced by Sandy.
Julio Cortez / AP
Nov. 2, 2012
Carlos Gonzalves uses his bike instead of his vehicle, which is low on gas, as he waits to fill up a container at a gas station in Newark. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up early Friday for hours at gas stations that were struggling to stay supplied. The power outages and flooding caused by Sandy have forced many gas stations to close and have disrupted the flow of fuel from refineries to stations that are open.
Julio Cortez / AP
Nov. 2, 2012
A woman walks along a sidewalk as debris from floodwater-damaged buildings is piled in the streets in Hoboken, N.J.
Gary Hershorn / Reuters
Nov. 2, 2012
Matt Hampton carries belongings out of his floodwater-destroyed Web-design office in Hoboken, N.J.
Gary Hershorn / Reuters
Nov. 1, 2012
Annmarie Pansini, center, cries as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, speaks to her husband, Michael Pansini, during a tour of flood-ravaged Moonachie, N.J.
Kevin R. Wexler / AP
Nov. 1, 2012
Seaside Park was one of the New Jersey towns badly hit by the megastorm.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Nov. 1, 2012
Seaside Park's Funtown Pier was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Nov, 1, 2012
Waves break on the collapsed rides of Funtown Pier in Seaside Park. The boardwalk was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Nov. 1, 2012
A roller coaster from an amusement park in Mantoloking, N.J., fell into the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Nov. 1, 2012
Storm debris covers the devastated boardwalk in Seaside Park.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Nov. 1, 2012
Sand covers storefronts on the boardwalk in Seaside Park in the aftermath of Sandy.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Nov. 1, 2012
Rebecca Walsh waits in line for gas in Point Pleasant, N.J. Walsh said she had lost power and was temporarily living with friends.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Oct. 31, 2012
Caitlyn Cameron and Renee Sotelo sort through donated clothing while taking shelter in Toms River High School North. Both women were displaced by Hurricane Sandy.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Oct. 31, 2012
Fern C. Lumpkin takes shelter with her 13-month-old daughter, Freedom, in Toms River High School North. They were displaced from their Seaside Heights home by Hurricane Sandy.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Oct. 31, 2012
Lisa Johnson, who was displaced from her Seaside Heights home, takes shelter in Toms River High School North.
Bonnie Jo Mount / The Washington Post
Oct. 31, 2012
People survey damage to beachfront houses in Long Beach Island, N.J.
Ed Hille / AP
Oct. 31, 2012
Marine One, carrying President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), takes an aerial tour of the New Jersey coast to view areas damaged by the mega-storm Sandy.
Doug Mills / Pool
Oct. 31, 2012
This view of storm damage over the Atlantic coast in Seaside Heights, N.J.
Doug Mills / Pool
Oct. 31, 2012
A scene in Seaside Heights, N.J., as seen from a helicopter traveling behind the one carrying Obama and Christie as they viewed damage from superstorm Sandy.
Doug Mills / Pool
Oct. 31, 2012
Flooding wrought by Sandy in Seaside Heights, N.J.
Doug Mills / Pool
Oct. 31, 2012
The view of storm damage over the Atlantic coast in Seaside Heights, N.J.. The coastal region was cautiously stumbling back to life Wednesday after the darkness and wreckage wrought by hybrid superstorm Sandy.
Doug Mills / Pool
Oct. 31, 2012
President Obama got a good look at the enormous devastation that Sandy left behind on the New Jersey shore, joining Gov. Chris Christie for a helicopter tour from Atlantic City to Point Pleasant Beach.
Doug Mills / Pool
Oct. 31, 2012
Obama, alongside Christie, speaks at a shelter in Brigantine two days after the state was among those places hit hard by Sandy..
Jewel Samad / AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
Obama talks to people displaced by Sandy at a shelter in Brigantine, N.J.
Jewel Samad / AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
Obama, joining Christie, left, talks with people staying at a shelter in Brigantine in the wake of Sandy.
Larry Downing / Reuters
Oct. 31, 2012
A dog named Shaggy is handed to National Guard personnel after the dog and his owner were rescued from a flooded building in Hoboken, N.J.
Craig Ruttle / AP
Oct. 31, 2012
City workers turn off a water main on a street filled with sand in Long Beach Island, N.J.
Mark Wilson / Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
A car is buried in sand in Long Beach Island, N.J.
Mark Wilson / Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
A long line forms at a Sunoco gas station at a rest stop on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey.
Michael Reynolds / European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
A section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.
Michael Reynolds / European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
Property in Atlantic City was heavily damaged with the debris of buildings and the boardwalk.
Michael Reynolds / European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
A worker uses a frontloader to clear sand and debris in Atlantic City.
Patrick Semansky / AP
Oct. 31, 2012
Ali LaPointe, of Hoboken, N.J., hands her 18-month-old daughter, Eliza Skye LaPointe, to Hoboken firefighters. Some neighborhoods in the city were flooded by the rising Hudson River.
Craig Ruttle / AP
Oct. 31, 2012
A man walks past flood damage on Hudson Street in Hoboken, N.J.
Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
Steve Brett and his wife, Toi Brett, look down First Street at high water near their home in Hoboken, N.J. The Bretts' home was not damaged, but their basement was flooded.
Craig Ruttle / AP
Oct. 31, 2012
Debris and damage is seen among homes in Atlantic City.
Michael Reynolds / European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 31, 2012
People walk along a flooded street in Little Ferry, N.J.
Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
A woman looks out a window at a flooded street in Little Ferry, N.J.
Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 31, 2012
Water is pumped from a restaurant on First Street in Hoboken, N.J.
Craig Ruttle / AP
Oct. 31, 2012
David Bagatelle walks from his residence on Park Avenue in Hoboken, N.J.
Craig Ruttle / AP
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