Disaster_Accident

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People run through a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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People brace against a gust from Hurricane Sandy in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Residents of the neighborhood were ordered to evacuate because of the storm surge expected from the hurricane. Authorities warned that New York City and Long Island could get the worst of the storm surge: an 11-foot onslaught of seawater that could swamp lower areas of the city. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Homeowner Raymond Gara, left, and another man looks on as a tree sits on his house on Raubsville Road after strong storm winds brought on by Hurricane Sandy took it down, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Williams Township, Pa. (AP Photo/The Express-Times, Matt Smith)

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An abandoned beach house that survived the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy sits off center in Nags Head, N.C., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. The storm continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, and sending coastal residents fleeing. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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Toll lanes are closed at Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Bridge, which is closed because of winds from Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Flooding and high winds arrive along North Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/The Press of Atlantic City, Michael Ein)

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People wade and paddle down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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** In this Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, a woman jogs across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. Many city residents were defiant as Hurricane Sandy moved toward the region, going about their daily routines in an attempt to maintain normalcy despite the worsening conditions. (Associated Press)

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Anthony Reiner, of Annapolis, Md., tries to protect himself from rain and wind from Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Annapolis. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Pedestrian who try to cover from the rain try to control his umbrella from the heavy wins in Baltimore downtown as Hurricane Sandy approach in the coast of Maryland, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Sea foam washes over the beach as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Ocean City, Md. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Charlie Priola, owner of Mangia's restaurant in Annapolis, Md., tries to protect his restaurant from Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

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Leo, left, 3, and Jason Lemus, 8, sit on their sofa in their Huntington, Va. home on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 surrounded by all the belongings from the basement, which their parents brought upstairs because they are sure their basement is going to flood due to Hurricane Sandy. Their basement flooded in September, and they said they had about 6 feet of water then. They are planning to go to a relative's house in Clinton, Md. if the house floods again. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Se Kim [cq] with City Cleaners drags awnings that were removed for a renovation project to the back of the store away from the wind along Rhode Island Avenue in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Northwest, Washington, D.C., Monday, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the Washington, D.C. region. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Clyde Forbes walks into the front of his house past a halloween pumkin and maniquen with a sign that reads "Die Sandy Die!" along a section of Rhode Island Avenue that has been prone to flooding from big storms in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Northwest, Washington, D.C., Monday, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the Washington, D.C. region. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Luis Saucedo who has recently moved to Washington, D.C. walked a few blocks over to Boundary Stone to have a beer before everything shut down along Rhode Island Avenue in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Northwest, Washington, D.C., Monday, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the Washington, D.C. region. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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David Brooks clears leaves from a gutter along a section of Rhode Island Avenue that has been prone to flooding from big storms in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Northwest, Washington, D.C., Monday, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the Washington, D.C. region. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A man fights the heavy rain and initial winds from Hurricane Sandy at the marina in Old Town Alexandria, Va., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 while Hurricane Sandy makes it's way north along the Atlantic coast. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)