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An aerial view shows a house pushed into marshland almost a month after the Oakwood neighborhood in the Staten Island borough of New York was left devastated by Hurricane Sandy, November 28, 2012.

A month after superstorm Sandy made landfall on the East Coast, the long process of recovery and rebuilding is only just beginning. 

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Residents of the Northeast are still picking up the pieces after Superstorm Sandy.

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305,000 houses were destroyed in New York state alone, Reuters reported earlier this week, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the state will need $41.9 billion to recover from the devastation wrought by Sandy and prevent similar damage from future storms.

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