Photos: Northeast Coast marks one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy

October 29, 2013

A couple walk along Rockaway Beach on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013 in New York City. Many residents of the Rockaways and neighboring Breezy Point are reflecting on the progress made over the past year while acknowledging the problems still evident. While the area has made great headway with rebuilding and renovations to the iconic beach communities, the storm devastated much of the area with severe flooding and wind damage. Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29 near Brigantine, New Jersey and affected 24 states from Florida to Maine and cost the country an estimated $65 billion. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 186205362 )

Signs asking for a "buy out" hang in front of homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy in the Ocean Breeze section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ( Superstorm Anniversary )

Work continues on a new pavilion at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. Today is the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 186205450 )

Workers install a window in house one year after being destroyed by Superstorm Sandy October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) ( 186202538 )

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) stands on a platform installing a new sea wall in the Rockaways on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 186205454 )

Tape on a telephone pole marks the water level during Superstorm Sandy in the Ocean Breeze section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ( Superstorm Anniversary )

A machine works on a demolition of a house one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) ( 186205437 )

Workers install a window in house one year after being destroyed by Superstorm Sandy October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) ( 186202540 )

Damaged wood planks sit behind a fence as the Seaside Heights boardwalk and amusement park remains under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, and damaged again in September 2013 by an electrical fire, on October 29, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) ( 186202541 )

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie attends a statewide prayer service at the New Hope Baptist Church on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on October 29, 2013 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Eric Thayer-Pool/Getty Images) ( 186206106 )

Workers carry a wood plank as the Seaside Heights boardwalk and amusement park remains under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, and damaged again in September 2013 by an electrical fire, on October 29, 2013 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) ( 186202545 )

Construction fencing stands at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 186205363 )

A house remains under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) ( 186205432 )

Sand dunes are marked off as houses along the beachfront remain under construction one year after being partially destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, October 29, 2013 in Dover Beach North, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) ( 186205436 )

Workers place support rods in the water as part of the installation of a new sea wall in the Rockaways on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 186205448 )

Work continues on a new pavilion at Rockaway Beach following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, which destroyed large parts of the boardwalk, on October 29, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 186205552 )

Signs asking for a "buy out" hang in front of a home damaged by Superstorm Sandy in the Ocean Breeze section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ( Superstorm Anniversary )

In early morning darkness, workers prepare heavy machinery for the day as rebuilding work continues on the beach area of Seaside Heights and Seaside Park, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) ( APTOPIX Superstorm Anniversary )

A fisherman casts a line for striped bass on the beach in the Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( Superstorm Anniversary )

A memorial stone that honors two victims of Superstorm Sandy from the Ocean Breeze neighborhood is surrounded by flowers and flags in Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ( Superstorm Anniversary )

Edward Chaloupka speaks Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, in Babylon, N.Y., about his experience there in the year since Superstorm Sandy struck Long Islandís Great South Bay. The 40-year-old marine mechanic says he has moved back in with his parents since his home was damaged in the storm and he lost his job. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman) ( Superstorm Anniversary )

Residents plant beach grass on protective sand dunes in the Breezy Point neighborhood on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. Breezy Point, a small beachfront community in Queens, was hit especially hard in the hurricane with a major fire burning down dozens of homes while most of the community was flooded. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 186212712 )

Members of the Lynch family plant beach grass on protective sand dunes in the Breezy Point neighborhood on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 186212725 )

A man rides his bike by newly-contructed homes in the Breezy Point neighborhood on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 186215772 )

Tom Hammill places an American flag at a building site in the Breezy Point neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, a year after Superstorm Sandy struck. A firestorm spread across the beachfront neighborhood during the storm, burning more than 100 homes, including Hammill's. Behind him are homes that are being rebuilt. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( Superstorm Anniversary )

Workers with the Student Conservation Association remove timbers and debris from marshland in the Gateway National Recreation Area in the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. A year ago Superstorm Sandy flooded the oceanside park, depositing tons of water-born debris. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ( Superstorm Anniversary )

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