US north-east cleans up from storm Sandy, death toll rises
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Neighbors volunteering to help another neighbor in need move deep sand from the house on Beach 121 Street in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. -- PHOTO: AP
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Two women move a box frame from a home damaged by Hurricane Sandy in Seaside Heights, New Jersey on Nov 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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People gather on the buckled boardwalk of the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York on Sunday, Nov 11, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. -- PHOTO: AP
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Crews tackle piles of debris as clean-up continues where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away on Nov 10, 2012 in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Volunteers help to clean up in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away on Nov 10, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Volunteers work to remove sand from streets in the Rockaways on Saturday, Nov 10, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. -- PHOTO: AP
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Volunteers help clear out a home destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Nick Pardo, a volunteer, helps remove drywall from a damaged home in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A loader clears a road of debris in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 10, 2012. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the day would be a day of service, with volunteers being bused to various neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Sandy to help continue the clean up process. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Volunteers shovel sand away from a car trapped due to Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Meg McLoughlin helps sort through the remains of her father's house, which burned to the ground during Hurricane Sandy, in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Charlie McLoughlin, 70, surveys the damage to his home, which burned to the ground during Hurricane Sandy, in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Neighbors volunteering to help another neighbor in need move deep sand from the house on Beach 121 Street in the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. -- PHOTO: AP
Two women move a box frame from a home damaged by Hurricane Sandy in Seaside Heights, New Jersey on Nov 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People gather on the buckled boardwalk of the Rockaway Park neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York on Sunday, Nov 11, 2012, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. -- PHOTO: AP
Crews tackle piles of debris as clean-up continues where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away on Nov 10, 2012 in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
Volunteers help to clean up in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood where a large section of the iconic boardwalk was washed away on Nov 10, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. -- PHOTO: AFP
Volunteers work to remove sand from streets in the Rockaways on Saturday, Nov 10, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York. -- PHOTO: AP
Volunteers help clear out a home destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Nick Pardo, a volunteer, helps remove drywall from a damaged home in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A loader clears a road of debris in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 10, 2012. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the day would be a day of service, with volunteers being bused to various neighborhoods affected by Hurricane Sandy to help continue the clean up process. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Volunteers shovel sand away from a car trapped due to Hurricane Sandy in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 10, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Meg McLoughlin helps sort through the remains of her father's house, which burned to the ground during Hurricane Sandy, in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Charlie McLoughlin, 70, surveys the damage to his home, which burned to the ground during Hurricane Sandy, in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York on Nov 11, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
NEW YORK (REUTERS) - New Yorkers took to the streets on Sunday to help in the recovery from Superstorm Sandy, volunteering to clean up devastated areas and using an annual Veterans Day parade to collect donations for victims struggling without homes or power.
Police raised the storm's death toll in New York City to 43, adding the death of a 77-year-old retired custodian who was found last week at the bottom of the steps of his apartment building in Rockaway, Queens, paralysed and with head injuries.
He died at a hospital on Saturday, they said.
The Rockaways peninsula in the city's Queens borough was one of the hardest hit by the storm, one of the region's worst natural disasters in history, which toppled houses, uprooted trees and left hundreds of thousands of people without power.
