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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 24: A view of a destroyed and abandoned house in Staten Island that experienced severe damage and loss of life along with the destruction of many buildings during hurricane Sandy of October 2012 and still bears the trace of disaster with desolate streets and abandoned houses before the upcoming second anniversary of the 'Superstorm Sandy' in Staten Island borough of New York City, United States on October 24, 2014. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 24: A view of a destroyed and abandoned house in Staten Island that experienced severe damage and loss of life along with the destruction of many buildings during hurricane Sandy of October 2012 and still bears the trace of disaster with desolate streets and abandoned houses before the upcoming second anniversary of the 'Superstorm Sandy' in Staten Island borough of New York City, United States on October 24, 2014.  (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)