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Superstorm Sandy

A blend of a downgraded hurricane mixed with two other storms, Superstorm Sandy created an unprecedented weather event that left many dead and millions without power on the East Coast. The Washington Times offers the latest news, photos and videos of the wind, snow, rain and flooding as residents begin to clean up and rebuild in the aftermath of the 2012 Frankenstorm.

National Guardsmen Spc. Ivan Pimentel (left) and Pfc. Harry Cadet walk past a house on the beach in the Rockaways on New York’s Long Island on Thursday that was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy in October. They were going door-to-door to determine if residents needed portable heaters or other items in the wake of Sandy. (Associated Press)

Sandy relief bill eats up taxes on the rich

Lawmakers to approve $50B

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** FILE ** New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, talks to Carla Pilla, of Seaside Heights, N.J., while Robert Hilton, left, executive director of the Jersey Shore Convention and Visitor's Bureau, holds a sign, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Seaside Heights, N.J. Christie cut a ribbon to symbolically reopen the state's shore for the summer season, seven months after being devastated by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Jersey shore eyes record-setting summer post Sandy

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press
People survey the destruction left in the wake of Superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in Seaside Heights, N.J. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Sandy criticism prompts change in storm warnings

By Jennifer Kay - Associated Press
**FILE** Rep. Jerrold Nadler, New York Democrat (AP Photo)

Democratic Rep. Nadler decries Republicans for passing disaster relief bill for churches

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
**FILE** This aerial photo from Jan. 18, 2013, shows homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy in Fire Island, N.Y. (Associated Press)

Congress OKs $50B in Sandy aid

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times
** FILE ** A religious statue stands in the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snowstorm on Nov. 8, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (Associated Press)

Superstorm Sandy victims scoff at FEMA's 'Rapid Repairs'

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times
House Speaker John A, Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 15, 2013, as lawmakers debate the details of an emergency spending package to assist victims of Superstorm Sandy that devastated parts of the Northeast coast in October. (Associated Press)

House votes to tack Sandy aid onto deficit

By Stephen Dinan and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
National Guardsmen Spc. Ivan Pimentel (left) and Pfc. Harry Cadet walk past a house on the beach in the Rockaways on New York’s Long Island on Thursday that was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy in October. They were going door-to-door to determine if residents needed portable heaters or other items in the wake of Sandy. (Associated Press)

Critics hit Sandy storm disaster aid add-ons

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times
Henny Mauro walks in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Jan. 3, 2013, past a beach-side home that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

Sandy relief package swells aid for past disasters

By Andrew Miga - Associated Press
**FILE** Rep. Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey Democrat.

New Jersey Democrat wants pork-free Sandy storm aid bill

By Jessica Chasmar - Special to The Washington Times
A fishing boat named “Empty Pockets” sits in a parking lot in the Belford fishing port in Middletown, N.J., on Dec. 12, six weeks after Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast. The port sustained nearly $1 million in damages, some of which its owners hope to recoup through federal storm assistance. (Associated Press)

Fishing towns struggling after Superstorm Sandy

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, pictured in his office at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, has earned nearly universal praise for his handling of Superstorm Sandy, the state's worst natural disaster. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Superstorm Sandy teaches N.J. Gov. Christie to be more empathetic

By Angela Delli Santi - Associated Press
** FILE ** An aerial view shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The tiny beachfront neighborhood, told to evacuate before Superstorm Sandy hit New York, burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

N.Y. Democrat: Republicans who voted no on Sandy storm aid 'mean-spirited'

By David Eldridge - The Washington Times
** FILE ** This file photo of Dec. 24, 2012, shows the Bishop Henry B. Hucles Episcopal Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

N.Y. homes for elderly under scrutiny after Sandy

By David B. Caruso - Associated Press
Henny Mauro walks in Seaside Heights, N.J., on Jan. 3, 2013, past a beach-side home that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

Congress approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid

By Andrew Miga - Associated Press
** FILE ** New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie walks to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, to talk about aid to help his state recover from superstorm Sandy. President Obama is expected to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency assistance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner sets votes on Sandy relief after taking bipartisan criticism

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Neil Young performs at Madison Square Garden in New York on Monday, Dec. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Neil Young: Singer to give Sandy benefit show in Atlantic City

By David Bauder - Associated Press
** FILE ** Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New Jersey seeks $37 billion in federal aid for Sandy recovery

By Associated Press
"It was in an avalanche," Andrew said of the donations left at the door of the Audas family’s Bethesda home. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

For Bethesda siblings, the true spirit of giving to Sandy victims

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times
Backhoe operator Keith Henry levels a storm-damaged home in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Sandy victims prepare for subdued Thanksgiving

By Meghan Barr - Associated Press
** FILE ** Madonna performs on her "MDNA" tour at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. (John Shearer/Invision/AP)

Madonna: 'Gangnam Style' rapper joins pop singer onstage at MSG

By Mesfin Fekadu - Associated Press
** FILE ** This Sept. 22, 2012, file photo shows Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band performing during the Farm Aid 2012 concert at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pa. The band is giving $1 million to help Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts in New Jersey and New York. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, file)

Dave Matthews: Singer's band pledges $1M for Sandy relief

By Associated Press
A Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) truck is seen in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. More than 70,000 customers of Long Island Power Authority in New York were without electricity Monday, two weeks after Superstorm Sandy struck. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Long Islanders fume over utility's storm response

By Frank Eltman and Michael Virtanen - Associated Press
Police direct cars to gas pumps outside a gas station on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Police were at gas stations to enforce a new gasoline rationing plan that lets motorists fill up every other day that started in New York on Friday morning. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Drivers grapple with NYC gas rationing after Sandy

By Jim Fitzgerald and Tom Hays - Associated Press
Living through another night of possibly freezing temperatures, Michael Pineda, 15 months old, stands bundled up near a battery-operated lantern in his home without power or heat in the Rockaway Park neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. From left is his brother Mario Pineda, 12, Walter Rivera, 5, and center in deep shadow is their mother Fatima Pineda. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Occupy Sandy: Onetime protesters find new cause

By Meghan Barr - Associated Press
A man waits his turn to vote at a Mobile Voting Precinct van Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Burlington, N.J. Many victims displaced by Superstorm Sandy are taking advantage of offers to vote early. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Voters in N.Y., N.J. not deterred by effects of superstorm Sandy

By Beth Fouhy and Wayne Parry - Associated Press
Liam Thomas, right, watches as a friend extracts gasoline from an approving neighbor's vehicle on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, in Rockaway section of New York. More New Yorkers awoke Saturday to power being restored for the first time since Superstorm Sandy pummeled the region, but patience wore thin among those in the region who have been without power for most of the week. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Lights in lower Manhattan; misery in outer regions

By Jocelyn Noveck and Michael Rubinkam - Associated Press
The half of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge attached to Brooklyn is lit while the half attached to Staten Island is dark in New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 96 people in the United States. Power outages now stand at more than 3.6 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8.5 million. The cost of the storm could exceed $18 billion in New York alone. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Obama seeks votes as complaints mount over storm response

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times
** FILE ** Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the media at Seward Park High School on the lower east side, the site of one of many public shelters set up in preparation of the storm, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

Bowing to outrage, Bloomberg nixes NYC marathon

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times
A line forms at a gas pump as people wait to fill up cans on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, as many are left without power following Superstorm Sandy, in Toms River, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Lines at East Coast gas stations steam commuters

By Karen Matthews - Associated Press
Brooke Clarkin tries to salvage some personal items from her mother's home in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Her mother's home was not only flooded to the ceiling, but was swept off its foundation and was carried to the other side of the street. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Isolated NYC borough says help is slow after Sandy

By Eileen Aj Connelly and Meghan Barr - Associated Press

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Rep. Michael G. Grimm (left) joins President Obama on a visit to the FEMA recovery center on the grounds of New Dorp High School on Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, in the New York borough of Staten Island. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Rep. Michael Grimm on Superstorm Sandy: ‘Staten Island’s going to get through this’

President Obama and Vice President Biden arrive Jan. 1, 2013, to make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. (Associated Press)

Obama presses House to pass Sandy aid

** FILE ** New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Obama heads to New Jersey to tour damage with Christie

** FILE ** In this Oct. 11, 2012, file photo President Barack Obama campaigns at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Obama cancels campaign events, will monitor Sandy aftermath

President Barack Obama walks away from the podium after speaking in the White House Briefing Room in Washington, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, after returning to the White House from a campaign stop in Florida to monitor Hurricane Sandy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

‘Forward’: Obama gets a little electioneering in during FEMA briefing

** FILE ** Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Landmark Aviation at The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Romney devotes day to Sandy relief efforts

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The lighter side of Hurricane Sandy: Is preparing for a northern hurricane any different than in the south?

The lighter side of Hurricane Sandy: Is preparing for a northern hurricane any different than in the south?

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Bloomberg facing backlash over NYC Marathon

Bloomberg facing backlash over NYC Marathon
Gallery: 21 Photos

Relief slow to come to Staten Island

Relief slow to come to Staten Island
Gallery: 18 Photos

High tide raises floodwaters in Alexandria

High tide raises floodwaters in Alexandria
Gallery: 5 Photos

NYC Seaport a "ghost Town" Months After Sandy

NYC Seaport a "ghost Town" Months After Sandy

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