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Residents brave heavy rains next to a tilted electric post after Typhoon Bopha hit the city of Tagum, Davao del Norter province, on the southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

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Filipinos sift through their belongings outside their house damaged by Typhoon Bopha in Butuan City, southern Philippines, Dec. 4.

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The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year pounded the southern island of Mindanao on Tuesday and about 40 people were dead or missing, media said, after the storm destroyed homes and brought down power and communication lines.

Typhoon Bopha made landfall at dawn, uprooting trees and tearing off roofs. The Weather Channel said the storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 160 mph and was the equivalent of a category five hurricane.

About 40 people were killed or missing in flash floods and landslides near a mining area on Mindanao, ABS-CBN television reported, saying waters and soil had swept through an army post. Continue reading.

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A boy rides on a makeshift raft made from a banana tree as he makes his way to his flooded home after heavy rans and strong winds brought about by Typhoon Bopha hit Pantukan town, Compostela Valley province on the southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

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A girl cleans a religious statue of mud after landslides hit her home due to heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Bopha in Compostela town, Compostela Valley province, on the southern island of Mindanao on Dec. 4.

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A dog is chained near a damaged house after Typhoon Bopha made a landfall in Compostela Valley in southeastern Philippines on Dec. 4. A Philippine governor says at least 33 villagers and soldiers have drowned when torrents of water dumped by the powerful typhoon rushed down a mountain, engulfing the victims and bringing the death toll from the storm to about 40.

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NYPD Officer Cornelia Samuels compliments volunteers Robert Servis and David Lauer, right, on the roasted red pepper soup they served from their outdoor kitchen on the corner of Brighton Street and Billup Avenue in Staten Island on Thursday morning.

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A stockpile of donated supplies is covered in snow after a nor'easter at the Movementforpeace.org outdoor kitchen in Staten Island on Thursday, Nov. 8.

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Volunteers Robert Servis and David Lauer prepare a roasted red pepper soup they served from their outdoor kitchen in Staten Island on Thursday morning.

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Volunteers Robert Servis and David Lauer, right, prepare soup at their outdoor kitchen in Staten Island on Thursday morning.

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A stockpile of donated supplies at the Movementforpeace.org outdoor kitchen in Staten Island, Thursday, Nov. 8.

In a Staten Island neighborhood that was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, many survivors are still homeless or without heat and electricity, but they've been eating well. Chicken parmesan subs, mac and cheese, baked ziti and roasted red pepper soup.  While it sounds like a restaurant menu, these are just a few of the items that have been served from an outdoor kitchen on Brighton Street in Staten Island by two volunteers with Movement for Peace.

"Oh, the beef and cabbage soup with red wine was something else," said neighbor Dom Yanchunas who lives across the street. Ed Cardona, who lives a couple of doors down from the kitchen said, "these guys have been fantastic… around the clock!"

 David Lauer, a trained cook, and Robert Servis, President of the charity, drove from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and set up camp on Friday, distributing cleaning supplies, water, clothing and serving hot meals to residents, police, fire and sanitation workers in the area. On Wednesday, they served over 800 meals.

"We're trying to serve high protein, high-carb sandwiches and soups… just trying to do whatever we can to help out," said Servis.

The volunteers will likely move their kitchen to the Midland Beach area on Friday.

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Betty Vetterick, above, stands outside her devastated beachfront summer home in Rockaway Point, N.Y., on Friday. Vetterick and her husband Dick drove from their winter home in Akron, Ohio, to see the damage Superstorm Sandy caused to the house her family has owned for 42 or 43 years. They found the structure shifted several feet off its foundation by the storm surge, teetering at odd angles and with very few salvageable items inside. Still Vetterick is hopeful her family and the community will bounce back, saying it's a "wonderful community and everbody stands up for everybody. We'll make it, but it's going to be a long, hard pull." 

Below, linens and dishes, open to the elements and in a listing cupboard, survived the devastation of the Vettericks' home. More images from the devastation and clean-up in Rockaway Point and Breezy Point appear below.

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A snapshot found among the debris.

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Men work with a chainsaw to clear debris from a footpath.

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A child's toy truck among the debris.

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Superstorm Sandy's flood waters are pumped back to the beach from the Wedge section of Breezy Point, where more than 100 homes burned in the height of the storm.

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A house along the edge of the burned-out Wedge section.

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In a 240-degree view, more than 100 homes in Breezy Point lie in ruin following a blaze during Hurricane Sandy. (David Friedman / NBC News)

NBC News investigative reporter Bill Dedman reports on the close-knit community's experience of the fire:

In a community where firefighters are demigods, where a memorial at the end of the point honors more than 30 residents who lost their lives at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, three companies of volunteer firefighters were overwhelmed by flooding and an inferno that destroyed more than 100 houses. Yet they fought the elements all night, saving many people and protecting houses on the perimeter of the burn zone, including the home of a 9/11 widow. 

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Breezy Point residents return to their devastated homes after Hurricane Sandy and a massive fire during the storm that destroyed over 100 tightly packed homes.

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Kieran Burke's son's ride-on toy fire truck sits among the ashes of his Breezy Point home.

NBC News reporter Miranda Leitsinger talked to resident Kieran Burke, who was looking through the ashes of his home: 

“This is heartbreaking,” he said. “Being a fireman, it’s even more heart wrenching because, you know, you’re used to being on the other end of this, you’re used to being on the end where you help people. And even Monday night, my first reaction was to get over here and help somebody. I had no idea my house was in peril.”

A chimney is now all that remains of Burke’s home. He sifted through the charred remains, finding a few things to salvage: A memento from a trip to the Bahamas with his wife, some favorite beer from Hawaii and his son’s metal fire truck. Gone were his fireman gear and his old fire department magazines, though firefighters found a steel beam he had saved from his time at Ground Zero.

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A collection of movies and music lies on the ground in Breezy Point.

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At least 80 homes were destroyed in a fire during Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City, photographed Oct. 30.

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A home owner assesses the damage to his house Oct. 30, in the Breezy Point neighborhood.

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Police rescuers gear up to help people Oct. 30, in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

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Scenes of destruction in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough.

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Police evacuate people and their pets Oct. 30, in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

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Fall color is muted by snow on Interstate 68 on Oct. 30, in Preston County, W. Va.

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A snow-stuck freight truck is hooked up by a large tow truck in Garrett County, western Maryland on Oct. 30.

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Joe and Linda Bays shovel snow in front of their home in Beckley, W.Va. on Oct. 30.

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An ambulance is stuck in over a foot of snow off of Highway 33 West, near Belington, W.Va. on Oct. 30.

Superstorm Sandy buried parts of West Virginia under more than a foot of snow on Tuesday, cutting power to at least 265,000 customers and closing dozens of roads, according to the Charleston Gazette.

The storm not only hit higher elevations hard as predicted, communities in lower elevations got much more than the dusting of snow forecasters had first thought from a dangerous system that also brought significant rainfall, high wind gusts and small-stream flooding.

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A person walks through snow on Oct. 30 in Belington, W.Va.

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Flooding in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage in the area on October 30, in New York. The storm has claimed at least 27 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard.

During Shaul Schwarz's photojournalism and film career, he has often focused on stories far from home, particularly during his long-term project on drug violence in Mexico and the resulting cultural impact in those communities.

Yesterday, big news came to his backyard as deadly Hurricane Sandy barreled through New York City. Late last night and this morning, he walked around his neighborhood of Brooklyn to see the path of destruction left by the high winds and water.

At least ten people are dead in New York City, millions have been left without electricity, and transit has been crippled. Read more.

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Belt Parkway is one of many roads still closed due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, in New York.

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Flooding in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage in the area on Oct. 30.

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Board walk on the Coney Island section of Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy.

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Flooded street in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage in the area on Oct. 30 in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

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A flooded board walk in the Williamsburg Brooklyn after Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage in the area on Oct. 29, in New York. US Pres. Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City, with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city.

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Tim and Jo Ann Griffith struggle to hold on to their umbrella as they walk the pier at Myrtle Beach State Park during Hurricane Sandy in South Carolina, Oct. 27.

Massive Hurricane Sandy continued pushing toward the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday as residents scrambled to prepare for torrential rains, high winds, major flooding and power outages possible from the Carolinas to Cape Cod.

Forecasters warned that the slow-moving behemoth, with tropical storm-force winds extending across 650 miles, could span multiple tides with a storm surge of 4 to 8 feet in Long Island Sound, the southern portion of Lower New York Bay and Delaware Bay.

Rain accumulations of up to 12 inches were likely in some areas, the National Weather Service warned.

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After strong winds and heavy rain washed out bridges and damaged homes in multiple countries, the hurricane looks toward the northeastern U.S.

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A driver maneuvers his classic American car along a wet road as a wave crashes against the Malecon in Havana, Cuba, on Oct. 25. Hurricane Sandy blasted across eastern Cuba on Thursday as a potent Category 2 storm and headed for the Bahamas after causing at least two deaths in the Caribbean.

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A UN Peacekeeper stands watch near a bridge washed away by heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 25 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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Residents of Kingston try to cross the Hope River after a bridge was washed out by Hurricane Sandy, on Oct. 25.

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HAVANA — Hurricane Sandy grew into a major potential threat to the Northeast on Thursday after hammering Cuba's second-largest city and taking aim at the Bahamas.

Strengthening rapidly after tearing into Jamaica and crossing the warm Caribbean Sea, Sandy hit southeastern Cuba early on Thursday with 105-mph winds that cut power, damaged homes and blew over trees across the city of Santiago de Cuba.

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The Red Cross distributes supplies to people in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy Oct. 25 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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A woman cries out in front of her flooded house caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 25.

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A resident salvages a refrigerator from his damaged house, with the help of other men, after Hurricane Sandy hit Santiago de Cuba on Oct. 25. Sandy hit southeastern Cuba early on Thursday with 105-mph winds that cut power and blew over trees across the city of Santiago de Cuba. Reports from the city of 500,000 people, about 470 miles southeast of Havana spoke of significant damage, with many homes damaged or destroyed.

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Children sit on a cot inside their flooded home caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 25.

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A man balances a child and umbrella on his bike as it rains during the approach of Hurricane Sandy in Manzanillo, Cuba, Oct. 24, 2012.

Associated Press reports — Hurricane Sandy's howling winds and rains lashed precarious shantytowns, stranded travelers and caused rivers to rise dangerously Wednesday as it roared across Jamaica on a course that would take it on to Cuba and then possibly threaten Florida.

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People remove a boat from the water ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Manzanillo, Cuba, Oct. 24.

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Citizens line up to be given water as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Bayamo, Cuba, Oct. 24.

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A satellite image shows Tropical Storm Sandy approaching Cuba on Oct. 24.

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