Sandy floods lower Manhattan NYC
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 30: People walk on the Brooklyn Bridge which remains closed to traffic after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in New York, United States. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
