"A damaged wooden fence lies at the beach after Hurricane Sandy hit the region October 30, 2012 in Ocean City, Maryland. The storm has claimed at least 33 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. U.S. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a ""major disaster"" for large areas of the U.S. east coast, including New York City, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. Photo: Alex Wong, Getty Images / 2012 Getty Images"
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