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After the storm, ( as of Oct. 31, 2012 ):
True scale of Sandy's devastation across Eastern Seaboard emerges as death toll hits FIFTY and damage set to top $50 BILLION
- As of Oct. 31, 2012:
- 50 dead and the number is expected to rise as clean-up and recovery missions begin
- President Obama to visit ravaged New Jersey today describing the storm as a major disaster
- Governor Chris Christie said whole stretches of Jersey Shore washed into the sea
- Cost of damage estimated at $50bn - and eight million homes remain without power
Stark: Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey
The storm cut power to more than eight million homes and shut down 70 per cent of East Coast oil refineries. It inflicted worse-than-expected damage in the New York metro area - which produces about 10 per cent of economic output in the U.S.
President Obama, who will visit New Jersey tomorrow, declared the storm as a 'major disaster' as submerged streets were littered with debris and downed power lines, homes were razed and a tanker had washed ashore.
Mantoloking Bridge leads to the Jersey Shore village of Brick Township, home to more than 76,100 people. Dozens of people have been rescued from roofs of properties where areas were flooded with at least 6ft of seawater.
President Obama will join New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Wednesday for a helicopter tour of the ravaged state.
At press conference on Tuesday night at 7.30pm (EST) Governor Christie said: 'It was an overwhelming afternoon for me - very emotional for a boy who was brought up in this state.'
Soaked: Local residents walk through the flooded Hudson Street in Hackensack, New Jersey
Stark: Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Smashed: A street sign stands near apartment buildings and destroyed large sections of the historic boardwalk
View from the sky: Video taken from a helicopter shows the devastation along Jersey Shore
Eye of the storm: New York was among the hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. A fire broke out in Breezy Point, Queens, destroying between 80 and 100 houses
Battle: More than 190 firefighters have contained the six-alarm blaze fire in the Breezy Point section, but they are still putting out some pockets of fire
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