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This aerial view shows two homes that were leveled and numerous neighboring homes that were damaged by a massive explosion that sparked a huge fire and killed two people late Saturday night into Sunday in Indianapolis. The blast shattered windows, crumpled walls and could be felt at least three miles away. (Associated Press)

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Pagodas in Kyaukmyaung, east of Shwebo, Myanmar, are seen destroyed after a strong earthquake on Nov. 11, 2012. The magnitude-6.8 quake struck northern Myanmar, collapsing a bridge and a gold mine, damaging several old Buddhist pagodas and leaving as many as 12 people feared dead. (Associated Press/Weekly Eleven News)

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A loud explosion Nov. 10, 2012, in the Richmond Hill subdivision in Indianapolis killed two people and damaged more than a dozen homes, authorities said. (Associated Press/The Indianapolis Star)

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Lysya Fridlin, 76, a resident of the Sand Castle houses, speaks to volunteers who are delivering food and supplies as she continues to live without power in the Far Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. Despite power returning to many neighborhoods in the metropolitan area, residents of the Far Rockaways continue to live without power and heat due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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**FILE** Volunteer Jamie d'Amico, 25, of Fort Lee, helps sort through donations at Hoboken High School in Hoboken, N.J., on Nov. 4, 2012, as surrounding neighborhoods remain without power due to damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. (Associated Press)

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Drivers fill-up at a station in New York on Nov. 9, 2012. Fuel shortages and distribution delays that occurred after Superstorm Sandy and a nor'easter hit the region led to gas hoarding, prompting New York City and Long Island to initiate an even-odd gas rationing plan. (Associated Press)

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“The reason is very simple: You’re going to delay relief. The quicker you do relief, the cheaper,” says Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, on why adding the cost for recovery from Superstorm Sandy to the federal deficit is a necessity. (Associated Press)

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Volunteers Chris Braistch center, huddles with National Guardsmen and fellow volunteer Zach Vorisek as they plan a route to distribute donated blankets to residents without power as a nor'easter approached in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Little Ferry, N.J. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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Superstorm Sandy debris from a miniature golf course sits under snow at Jenkinson's Boardwalk, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, in Point Pleasant, N.J. The area was hit by a nor'easter Wednesday the second storm in two weeks. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point is shown after a Nor'easter snow, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012 in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Volunteers Chris Braitsch, left, Karina Ayubi unload blankets donated by the American Red Cross as a Nor'easter approaches in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Little Ferry, N.J., a town that was flooded during the storm and where some residents were still without power. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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** FILE ** A religious statue stands in the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point after a Nor'easter snowstorm on Nov. 8, 2012, in New York. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (Associated Press)

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Damon Rasinya carts debris Nov. 8, 2012, from his family home past the fire-scorched landscape of Breezy Point in New York after a Nor'easter snowstorm. The beachfront neighborhood was devastated during Superstorm Sandy when a fire pushed by the raging winds destroyed many homes. (Associated Press)