Before and After: Photos from Hurricane Sandy recovery
On Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas of New Jersey and New York, causing billions of dollars in damage, and killed dozens of people in the U.S. and Caribbean. Here's a look at where things stand with the region's recovery five years later:
Superstorm Sandy Recovery
This combination of photos shows church-goers leaving Mass in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, amid destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy and the same view five years later on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Superstorm Sandy Recovery
This combination of photos shows a woman walking through floodwaters with a stalled ambulance in the background in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in Hoboken, N.J. on Oct. 30, 2012 and the same view five years later on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, Julio Cortez)
Superstorm Sandy Recovery
This combination of photos shows the remains of a house destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in the Oakwood section of Staten Island, New York, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013 and the same view five years later on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Superstorm Sandy Recovery
This combination of photos shows yellow cabs in a flooded parking lot in Hoboken, N.J., on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, and buses in the same spot five years later on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, Julio Cortez)
Superstorm Sandy Recovery
This combination of photos shows a sailboat tossed onto a waterfront pathway in Hoboken, N.J., on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 in the wake of Superstorm Sandy and the same view five years later on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. The Manhattan skyline is in the background. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, Julio Cortez)
Superstorm Sandy Recovery
This combination of photos shows Cristian Dobles, left, escorting his 87-year-old mother-in-law, Patsy Roberts, from her house after they retrieved some documents in the Belle Harbor section of the Rockaways in New York on Dec. 5, 2012, and the same view five years later on Oct. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Superstorm Sandy Recovery
This combination of photos shows debris piled on a street in the New Dorp neighborhood of Staten Island, N.Y., in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy and the same view five years later on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy and a series of lesser coastal storms since that 2012 disaster compelled some coastal communities to defend themselves by elevating homes and critical infrastructure, building sand dunes, widening beaches and erecting or raising sea walls.
We review Hurricane Sandy with a meteorologist that covered the 2012 storm on the latest episode of Across the Sky.