Storm's impact: State by state

NEW: Staten Island residents criticize the response to their storm-stricken community Sandy has killed at least 88 people in the United States About 4.8 million customers remain without power "The show must go on," says executive director of the Broadway League Have you been affected by Superstorm Sandy? If so, share your images and footage with CNN iReport, but please stay safe. For minute-by-minute updates, go to our live blog on This Just In. (CNN) -- As Sandy fades after days of inflicting misery, the extent of the superstorm's tragedy is becoming clearer. Dozens of families are making funeral arrangements, with Sandy's death toll standing at 88 in the United States and at least 157 overall, including in the Caribbean and Canada. Now that floodwaters have begun to recede, those in the hardest-hit areas are sifting through enormous physical wreckage and, in many cases, are facing a steep emotional toll as they try to cope with personal and community loss. In countless cases, storm victims are relying on help from authorities, neighbors and strangers. Many are leaning on faith to deal with Sandy's overwhelming impact. A running CNN tally reflects a steady restoration of power, but a little more than 4.8 million customers remained without electricity on Thursday morning in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Tweets from @cnnbrk/sandy Here's a look at how Sandy has affected the United States: CONNECTICUT -- The state is taking steps to speed up repairs to the state's seawalls by allowing people to begin them and later "follow-up with us for necessary paperwork," Gov. Dannel Malloy announced. "This process will help people move quickly to secure and protect their property, while ensuring that important environmental protections remain in place," Malloy said in a statement. -- As in several other states, Connecticut homeowners will save thousands in insurance costs after Malloy declared that Sandy did not make landfall as a hurricane, exempting them from insurers' hurricane deductibles. -- Some residents did not evacuate in Hartford/New Haven because they had never experienced flooding in their neighborhoods and had to call on rescuers to help them out of their homes, CNN affiliate WFSB-TV reported. -- Malloy visited shoreline communities hit hardest Wednesday, beginning his tour with a stop at a church. -- On his YouTube channel, he released aerial video of storm damage. He also announced free rail service for Thursday and Friday to Grand Central station. -- President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration for the state, freeing up federal funds. -- The death toll stands at four, according to Scott DeVico, a Connecticut emergency management official. The victims -- one of them an Easton firefighter -- were killed by falling trees. Storm's human toll mounts DELAWARE -- Gov. Jack Markell has ended the state of emergency for Superstorm Sandy, and officials have reopened all previously evacuated areas. -- Attorney General Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, warned residents to keep an eye out for scammers "attempting to defraud homeowners" with phony home repair offers. -- Delmarva Power predicted power will be fully restored by 6 p.m. Friday. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- Despite the federal government being in disaster mode on a national level, on a local level things appear to be back to normal in the capital, with government offices, schools, street cleaning and public transportation up and running. A roller coaster sits in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, November 1, after the Fun Town pier it sat on in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. With the death toll continuing to rise, the U.S. East Coast is attempting to recover from the effects of floods, fires and power outages caused by the storm. View photos of the recovery effort in New York. Amusement-park rides lie mangled on the beach after the Fun Town pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, was destroyed. The arcade at the FunTown pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, is in ruins. Storm damage is expected to cost tens of billions of dollars. The inside of a gas pump is exposed at a closed station that was recently under floodwater on Thursday, November 1, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall along the New Jersey shore, has left the state with a fuel shortage due to logistical problems and power failures. People wait in line for fuel at a Shell Oil station onThursday in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Fuel shortages have led to long lines of cars at gasoline stations in many states. Cars wait in line for fuel at a Gulf gas station in Fort Lee, New Jersey. A woman leaves an Exxon gas station that was out of fuel on Thursday in North Bergen, New Jersey. Bridget De La Torre holds her daughter Neve, 3, as daughter Paz sits nearby while they rest and charge devices on Thursday at a shelter for those affected by Superstorm Sandy at Saints Peter and Paul Church in Hoboken, New Jersey. Bridget's family has no electricity or hot water, and their car was destroyed by flooding. Waves break in front of an amusement park destroyed by Superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, October 31, in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. At least 56 people were killed in the storm. New Jersey suffered massive damage and power outages. People walk near the remains of burned homes in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York, on Wednesday. An overview of the fire damage in Queens, New York, following Hurricane Sandy. Residents in hard-hit areas sifted through the wreckage of Sandy on Wednesday as millions remained without power. Buildings on the shoreline are pictured from Air Force One as it prepares to land in Atlantic City, New Jersey, carrying President Barack Obama, who visited areas hardest hit by the unprecedented storm. President Barack Obama speaks as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie looks on, as they visit a shelter for Hurricane Sandy victims in Brigantine, New Jersey. The shadow of Air Force One is cast on the water as it prepares to land in Atlantic City on Wednesday, October 31. Residents in the Rockaway section of Queens, New York, wait to charge their phones at a government generator. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey resumed operations on limited schedules Wednesday, and the New York Stock Exchange commenced trading after being closed for two days. Motorists drive through standing water in Hoboken, New Jersey. Known as the Mile Square City, the low-lying neighborhoods suffered deep flooding resulting from the storm surge associated with Hurricane Sandy. A member of Army National Guard Unit Gulf 250 from Morristown, New Jersey, evacuates victims of Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken on Wednesday, October 31. Residents traverse flooded streets as clean up operations begin in Hoboken, New Jersey. New Jersey Natural Gas technician Carlos Rojas inspects a leaking gas main that is under water at a home damaged by Hurricane Sandy in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. A resident looks through the remnants of his home in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York. Flood-damaged streets are viewed in the Rockaway section of Queens, New York, where the historic boardwalk was washed away due to Hurricane Sandy. People walk past homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Traders stand outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday, October 31. U.S. equity markets resumed trading Wednesday for the first time this week after Hurricane Sandy. People board the ferry, one of the few functioning transportation systems, in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Wednesday, October 31. Members of the State University of New York Maritime Academy aid in the relief efforts, using row boats to help victims from in Hoboken, New Jersey. Jimmy Lee, owner of The Nail Store, begins the cleanup of his shop from damage done by Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, New Jersey. Blaine Badick and her fiancee Andrew Grapsas cross a flooded street with their dog while leaving their home in Hoboken. Residents walk through the area where the boardwalk was washed away in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York, on Wednesday. The Rockaway boardwalk in Queens, New York, was stripped down to the piers by Superstorm Sandy. People look at a damaged section of the Rockaway boardwalk in Queens, New York, on Wednesday. People walk down a flooded street on Wednesday, October 31, in Hoboken, New Jersey. A man charges his cellphone at a home that still has power in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Wednesday, October 31. As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 2 million customers in New Jersey were without power. A firefighter stands on the porch of a home destroyed by fire in Queens on Wednesday. Customers line up to buy supplies at an Ace Hardware with a power generator in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Wednesday. Superstorm Sandy stripped the steps from the deck of this home in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. Superstorm Sandy left a car buried in sand in Long Beach Island, New Jersey. A helicopter flies past damaged homes in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, on Wednesday, October 31. A man makes his way through floodwater and debris in Long Beach Island, New Jersey, on Wednesday. A police car patrols an empty waterfront neighborhood without power in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Wednesday. Concrete piers are all that remain of the destroyed boardwalk in Atlantic City on Wednesday. Debris from damaged property and the remains of a boardwalk litter the shoreline in Atlantic City on Wednesday. Waterfront property in Atlantic City lays in tatters on Wednesday. Transportation in the state was crippled by floodwaters, as well. "We are in a state of crisis all across this state," Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Cory Booker told CNN on Wednesday. "It's going to be a challenging time." A police car patrols an empty waterfront neighborhood that lost power at dawn in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Wednesday. People wait for buses along New York's Sixth Avenue on Wednesday. Superstorm Sandy stripped New York's historic Rockaway boardwalk down to its foundation. A woman examines damage to the Rockaway neighborhood in New York on Wednesday. Commuters ride a NY Waterway ferry from Jersey City, New Jersey, on Wednesday, the first day of operation since the storm hit. A man rides on the front of a forklift while recording flood damage for insurance purposes in Little Ferry, New Jersey, on Wednesday. Con Edison employee John Shammah pauses while working on a steam pipe on First Avenue in New York City on Wednesday. CNN iReporter Jordan Shapiro captured this view of the Williamsburg Bridge in New York at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30. Half of the bridge and Brooklyn is lit, while the Manhattan side and the surrounding part of the island remain shrouded in darkness. Dog owners in Alexandria, Virginia, gathered to see the flood waters left by Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday. Taxis sit in a flooded lot Tuesday in Hoboken, New Jersey. People take pictures of a flooded street Tuesday in Hoboken. A man stands near a homemade road block on Tuesday in Little Ferry, New Jersey. People wait in line to fill containers with gas at a Shell station in Edison, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Superstorm Sandy left much of Bergen County flooded and without power. Aerial images from the U.S. Coast Guard show the coastline in Brigantine, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Sandy struck land near Atlantic City, New Jersey, around high tide Monday night. Homes and other buildings in Brigantine were destroyed in Sandy's wake. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie described the devastation in the state as "unthinkable." Brigantine saw extensive damage from high winds and flooding. Homes are flooded Tuesday in Tuckerton, New Jersey. President Barack Obama signed major disaster declarations for New Jersey and New York, clearing the way for federal aid. A resident walks down a street covered in beach sand due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy in Long Beach, New York on Tuesday. Firefighters work to extinguish flames in a home in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens on Tuesday. The massive fire broke out during the storm and destroyed at least 80 homes Ted Wondsel, owner of Ted's Fishing Station in Long Beach, assesses the damage to his business Tuesday. People wait outside a shelter at the Bergen County Technical Schools Teterboro Campus on Tuesday in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey. Utility workers from Delmarva Power replace a power pole that was damaged during Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City, Maryland, on Tuesday. Dale Kelly sits on a bench Tuesday on a flooded street in Ocean City, New Jersey, which was hit hard by Superstorm Sandy. Ted Wondsel, left, of Point Lookout works on part of a dock destroyed in the storm in Long Beach on Tuesday. West Broadway in Long Beach is covered in beach sand due to flooding from Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday. Residents walk along a street covered in beach sand after floodwaters from Superstorm Sandy retreated Tuesday in Long Beach. A small plane damaged in the storm sits on a runway in Farmingdale, New York, on Tuesday. Streets remain flooded in portions of Ocean City, New Jersey. Utility workers repair a traffic signal damaged by the storm in Ocean City, New Jersey, on Tuesday. A Virgin Mary statue stands in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, New York, on Tuesday after a fire fed by high winds destroyed at least 80 homes, officials said. President Barack Obama outlines the federal government's response to Superstorm Sandy at the Red Cross headquarters in Washington. Firefighters work to contain the fire in Queens on Tuesday. Some 200 firefighters battled the six-alarm blaze. A man surveys damage to sailboats Tuesday at a marina on City Island in New York. "My message to the federal government: no bureaucracy, no red tape, get resources where they're needed as fast as possible, as hard as possible, and for the duration," Obama said in Washington Tuesday. Both Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney canceled campaign events. People stand on a mound of construction dirt on Tuesday to view a section of the uptown boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey, that was destroyed by flooding. A firefighter looks through debris in Queens on Tuesday. In September, the same area endured severe weather as a powerful cold front brought heavy rain, high winds and a tornado. A malfunctioning generator billows black smoke at a building in New York on Tuesday. Mitt Romney helps gather donated goods for storm relief Tuesday in Kettering, Ohio. Emergency personnel help a resident of Little Ferry, New Jersey, onto a boat after rescuing her from floodwater on Tuesday. Dean Walter, left. and Henry Young walk along a seawall in Scituate, Massachusetts, with their surfboards after going into the heavy surf for about 20 minutes on Tuesday. Superstorm Sandy left New York's South Street Seaport flooded and covered in debris on Tuesday. Passers-by look at a car that was crushed by a tree near New York's financial district on Tuesday. Pedestrians and bikers cross the Brooklyn Bridge after the storm on Tuesday. People stand among the debris of the destroyed section of Atlantic City, New Jersey's, uptown boardwalk on Tuesday. Sailboats rest on the ground after being tipped over by Superstorm Sandy on City Island, New York, on Tuesday. Onlookers watch a dangling crane, damaged in the winds of Superstorm Sandy, atop a luxury high-rise under construction in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday. An onlooker snaps a photo of the damaged crane on Tuesday. Jolito Ortiz helps clean up a friend's apartment on New York's lower east side on Tuesday. A tidal surge created by Sandy flooded the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in New York on Tuesday. A worker cuts down a tree near American University in Washington on Tuesday. A home badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy sits along the shoreline in Milford, Connecticut, on Tuesday. An emergency worker carries a resident through floodwaters in Little Ferry, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Police walk past debris left by the storm at Battery Park in New York on Tuesday. Floodwater splashes into the window of a building on the shore in Bellport, New York, on Tuesday. Rescue workers use a hovercraft to rescue a resident using a wheelchair from floodwaters in Little Ferry, New Jersey, on Tuesday. A resident of Little Ferry, New Jersey, assists in rescue efforts with his personal watercraft on Tuesday. The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, is submerged in the Atlantic Ocean about 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina, on Monday, October 29. A man walks through the debris of a 2,000-foot section of Atlantic City, New Jersey's "uptown" boardwalk on Tuesday. It was destroyed by flooding from Sandy. Downed trees are removed near the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington on Tuesday. Heavy surf buckles Ocean Avenue in Avalon, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Sam Rigby walks on Tuesday near an uprooted tree that grazed his house and hit his neighbor's house in Washington. A photographer shoots waves in Lake Michigan generated by the remnants of Sandy as they crash into the Chicago shoreline on Tuesday. A police officer helps remove a tree branch brought down during the storm in Washington on Tuesday. A man takes pictures of cars from the steps of a home on a flooded street at Hoboken in New Jersey, on Tuesday. A woman wades through water at the South Street Seaport in New York City on Tuesday. A street light and utility pole lie on the street in Avalon, New Jersey, on Tuesday. Atlantic City, New Jersey, resident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her flooded apartment building on Tuesday. A power line knocked over by a falling tree blocks a street in Chevy Chase, Maryland, on Tuesday. Workers shovel debris from the streets in Ocean City, Maryland, on Tuesday. A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter flies over Central Park in New York on Tuesday. A man jogs near a darkened Manhattan skyline on Tuesday after much of New York City lost electricity. Workers clear a tree blocking East 96th Street in Central Park in New York on Tuesday. View more photos of the recovery efforts in New York. 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President Obama and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate board Air Force One in Atlantic City, New Jersey, after visiting Sandy-affected areas. President Obama, addressing reporters in Brigantine after touring damaged areas of the state with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, said he's directed his staff members and people in his administration to tolerate no red tape or bureaucratic excuses when it comes to getting storm victims the help they need. "We will not quit until this is done," Obama said, adding that he's instructed his people to return the calls of officials in storm-damaged states within 15 minutes. "If they need something, we figure out a way to say yes," Obama said. President Obama talks with Sandy victims at a neighborhood in Brigantine, New Jersey, as he travels around surveying the storm damage. President Obama is greeted by Gov. Christie upon arriving in Atlantic City to visit areas hardest hit by Sandy. 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MARYLAND -- The National Guard went door-to-door in the coastal city of Crisfield in Humvees to aid victims of flood damage. Shallow water stood in many streets up to doorsteps, and residents described the ground as "soggy." -- The coroner's office says the state's death toll is 10, according to Kasey Parr from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. -- In the western part of the state, crews were working to remove both snow and downed trees blocking roadways. -- Gov. Martin O'Malley signed an executive order giving residents more time to apply for and send in absentee ballots. Registered voters who are out of the county due to Sandy now have until 5 p.m. Monday to apply for one, and ballots must be mailed by Election Day and received by November 16. The state Board of Elections can "electronically deliver absentee ballots to such voters," the order states. Could huge plugs have spared subways? NEW JERSEY -- Sandy wrought the worst destruction on the seaboard of two states. New Jersey had miles of homes and businesses devastated in a series of towns. Some remained inundated with water or sand washed up by the storm. New York had the highest death toll in the storm. -- New Jersey got personal attention from the White House as Obama toured storm-damaged areas Wednesday. New Jersey coastal town turned to "devastation" -- Sandy killed at least 12 people in the state, New Jersey state police said. Gov. Chris Christie, who warned people in low-lying areas to evacuate, said, "We're lucky that more people didn't die as a result of folks ignoring those warnings." Sandy battered towns beyond recognition Superstorm Sandy cripples the East Coast Second crane needed to remove NYC crane Watch Sandy uproot huge tree -- "When it comes to getting things done, I don't care what party somebody's in," the Republican governor said after touring the disaster area with Obama. "I'm aware of all the atmospherics. I'm not in a coma. But the fact is, I don't care." -- Christie announced Thursday that mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted for 11 barrier island municipalities, meaning residents of those communities can return home for the first time since Sandy. -- With "a state of water emergency" in effect, the Department of Environmental Protection has been authorized by the governor "to implement water usage restrictions across the state." -- Some 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel will be delivered to the state by Thursday night to run trucks and generators at nursing homes, hospitals and other high-priority locations, he said. -- State offices will be open Thursday. -- "We'll be ready for Election Day, one way or another," Christie said. -- New Jersey homeowners won't have to pay hurricane deductibles on insurance claims related to Superstorm Sandy, as is the case with several other states. -- Residents not cleaning up damage to their property spent much of their time Wednesday standing in line -- at gas stations, stores and restaurants. -- Transportation is coming back on line, the governor's office said. The majority of major closed roads have been cleared, Christie said. -- By Thursday, all airports should reopen, but service is limited. AirTrain service to Newark Liberty International Airport is running again. -- All but one tunnel into New York City are open. Only the Holland Tunnel is still closed. -- Ferry service to New York has also resumed. -- Buses hit the streets again on 86 routes Thursday, according to NJ Transit. But light rail resumes on only one route, and major rail service is down until further notice. The transit authority has posted dramatic photos of storm damage on its rail lines to its website. -- Amtrak said it would provide Northeast Regional service on Thursday between Boston and New Haven, Connecticut, and between Newark and points south. -- PATH train service, which typically ferries 245,000 people under the Hudson River to New York City each weekday, is suspended until further notice. NEW YORK -- With at least 44 killed, the state had the most fatalities, with most of them in New York City. -- Tempers rose Thursday on Staten Island, as residents vented their anger at what they felt has been an insufficient response from government officials to destruction on the borough. Ten buses stocked with needed goods were transported to the island Thursday, and FEMA has promised to have a team on the ground Friday, Borough President James Molinaro said. -- Lower and Midtown Manhattan should have power back by Saturday, and "the vast majority" of those who lost power should have it back by November 11, Con Edison said Thursday. It could take a week or more after then for everyone's power to return, the utility said. -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent a letter Thursday to six power companies that operate in the state warning "he would take appropriate action against those utilities and their management if they do not meet their obligations in this time of crisis." John Miksad -- a senior vice president at Con Edison, one of those utilities contacted -- said his company has been "in constant touch with state, city and county officials" and is doing its "damndest to get our power back as quickly as possible." Rooftop rescues in Staten Island Sandy victim loses home of 35 years Commuters pack into a train on Thursday, November 1, in New York City. Limited public transit has returned to the city, where 14 of 23 subway lines are running. View photos of New York bracing for Sandy. Commuters ride the subway. Public transit is operating in New York City, but travel times are long, up to five hours in some cases. A police officer directs passengers waiting on Thursday to board city buses into Manhattan at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. About 4,000 buses are replacing the subway lines still closed by Superstorm Sandy damage. Thousands of people wait to board city buses into Manhattan, and some subway lines remain underwater. Getting water out of the tunnels is "one of the main orders of business right now," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. A police officer directs traffic entering the Brooklyn Queens Expressway into Manhattan. A police officer checks cars entering the Brooklyn Queens Expressway to confirm that they have three occupants before allowing them to cross into Manhattan on Thursday. Limited public transit has returned to New York, and most major bridges have reopened. However, vehicles must have three occupants to pass. Parts of lower Manhattan are still without electricty on Thursday. Superstorm Sandy, which made landfall along the New Jersey shore on Monday, October 29, left much of the Eastern Seaboard without power, including much of Manhattan south of 34th Street. Residents of New York City's East Village enjoy a bonfire on Wednesday, October 31. East Village residents charge their phones with power from a generator on Wednesday. Traffic snarls in New York City on Wednesday. Residents and businesses across the Eastern Seaboard are attempting to return to their daily lives in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. A Caring Foundation worker hands out food to residents of the heavily damaged Rockaway section of Queens on Wednesday. Water floods streets in the Rockaway section of Queens on Wednesday. Traders stand outside of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Wednesday. Stocks advanced as U.S. equity markets resumed trading for the first time this week after the storm. A man surveys damage on Wednesday, October 31, in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, New York, where the historic boardwalk was washed away during Superstorm Sandy. Residents walk with their belongings through the Rockaway section of Queens on Wednesday. The remains of homes burned down in Rockaway are seen Wednesday, a day after an inferno spread across the flooded neighborhood. Firefighters continued to survey the damage in Rockaway on Wednesday. At least 80 homes were destroyed. People wait for buses on Sixth Avenue in New York on Wednesday as New Yorkers cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. People attempt to squish into a crowded bus on First Avenue in New York on Wednesday. Con Edison crew members work on a steam pipe on First Avenue on Wednesday. The foundations to the historic Rockaway boardwalk in Brooklyn are all that remain after it was washed away Wednesday during Hurricane Sandy. People walk to work Wednesday on a normally busy street near the New York Stock Exchange. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday after it had been closed for two days. Commuters arrive in Manhattan by ferry from Jersey City, New Jersey, on its first day back in business after Sandy. CNN iReporter Jordan Shapiro captured this view of the Williamsburg Bridge in New York at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30. Half of the bridge and Brooklyn is lit, while the Manhattan side and the surrounding part of the island remain shrouded in darkness. A subway station and escalator sit underwater in New York on Tuesday. Much of the New York City skyline sits in darkness Tuesday evening after damage from Superstorm Sandy knocked out power. About 6.9 million customers are without power in 15 states and the District of Columbia, according to figures compiled by CNN from power companies. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, views the damage Tuesday in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, where a fire broke out during Superstorm Sandy and destroyed at least 80 homes. A resident looks through the debris of his destroyed home in Breezy Point, Queens, on Tuesday. Burned-out vehicles and destroyed homes line a street in Breezy Point, located on the western end of the Rockaway peninsula in New York. A fire continues to burn Tuesday in the remains of a structure that was destroyed by the Breezy Point blaze. A New York City man hands a dog to first responders while being evacuated on Tuesday. A bartender at the International Bar in the East Village neighborhood of New York City makes drinks in the dark on Tuesday as electricity remains out for many in the city. Water floods the Plaza Shops in New York, in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, on Tuesday, October 30. Con Edison employees monitor the drainage of water being pumped out of Seven World Trade Center in the Financial District of New York on Tuesday. Onlookers watch a construction crane dangling from a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise after collapsing in high winds. The construction crane dangles from a high-rise in midtown Manhattan. Ramiro Arcos clears debris from a storm drain in the Financial District of New York after Sandy swept through the city. A couple walks in the rain Tuesday, with the East River and the Lower Manhattan skyline as a backdrop. The Manhattan skyline remains dark after much of the city lost electricity in the storm. Cars float in a flooded below-street-level parking area in the Financial District on Tuesday. People take a Tuesday morning walk on the Brooklyn Bridge, which remains closed to traffic after the city awakened to the storm damage. A car sits crushed by a tree in the Financial District on Tuesday. Photos: New York braces for Sandy. 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These are among a number of runs that Amtrak said it will resume in the near future. -- The moment the lights went out can be seen on YouTube in a fast forward, stop-motion video showing Sandy sweep through the city. -- New Yorkers, like residents of neighboring states, won't have to pay hurricane deductibles on insurance claims tied to Sandy. -- John F. Kennedy International Airport reopened Wednesday with limited service. LaGuardia, the city's other major airport, reopened on Thursday with limited service. -- Buses were to run on regular routes Wednesday, the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced, cautioning that there may be detours and "substantial waits." -- Limited subway service resumed Thursday morning, along with bus service between downtown Brooklyn and Midtown. Several East River subway tunnels have been cleared of water and tested, but they cannot reopen for trains until power is restored, officials said. Electricity is needed to "light the third rail," MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota said. -- Near-normal train service will resume from Mount Kisco, New York, and Stamford, Connecticut, to Grand Central Terminal for rush-hour Thursday morning. -- Cars crossing New York's East River bridges between 6 a.m. and midnight must carry at least three people, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Taxis are exempt. -- One tube of the Holland Tunnel, running between northern New Jersey and Lower Manhattan, will reopen for bus traffic only on Friday morning, Cuoma said. -- Limited commuter rail service on Metro North and the Long Island Rail Road was to began Wednesday afternoon, and limited New York City subway service will began Thursday, Cuomo said. Service below 34th Street remained out. -- Public schools will remain closed for the week. -- Days after "water was cascading into the site from every imaginable level," work will resume Thursday night -- days ahead of the schedule -- at the World Trade Center work site in Lower Manhattan, Cuomo said. -- Curtains rose again Thursday night in theaters on the Great White Way after staying dark since Sandy's assault. "The show must go on, and Broadway shows are doing just that," said Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the Broadway League. -- The ING New York City Marathon will be held Sunday as planned, Bloomberg told reporters. -- Thursday's planned game between the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center was postponed. -- A fire in the Breezy Point of Queens incinerated 110 homes, a fire official said. -- Engineers have concluded that ties from a collapsed crane atop a luxury apartment building on West 57th Street are secure, but the street below will not be reopened until this weekend at the earliest, Bloomberg said. NORTH CAROLINA -- One storm-related death was reported. -- Additionally, a crew member on the HMS Bounty died when the ship went down off the North Carolina coast in stormy seas. -- On Thursday, the Coast Guard announced it is suspending its days-long search for Robin Walbridge, the ship's 63-year-old captain. PENNSYLVANIA -- The death toll in the state stands at nine, including an 8-year-old boy who was struck by a tree limb. -- Gov. Tom Corbett announced that Pennsylvania homeowners won't have to VIRGINIA -- Virginia's death toll remains at two, both traffic fatalities. -- The state has seen heavy snowfall, but temperatures have risen well above freezing. WEST VIRGINIA -- Officials report at least five storm-related deaths. -- Parts of West Virginia have seen at least 2 feet of snowfall from Sandy, but temperatures are rising well above freezing. Want to help out? Here's where to go CNN's Eden Pontz, Josh Levs, Greg Botelho and Marina Carver contributed to this report.