31 October 2012 Last updated at 22:56

In pictures: Recovery starts after deadly storm Sandy

Debris is cleared in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Photo: 31 October 2012

Businesses and services on the heavily populated US East Coast have begun reopening following two days of a near-complete shutdown forced by deadly storm Sandy.

Residents return to their burned houses in Breezy Point, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, after it was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Photo: 31 October 2012

Residents in some of the worst affected regions, including Breezy Point in the New York borough of Queens, have begun returning to their homes to inspect the damage.

President Barack Obama and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie take an aerial tour of the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey in areas damaged by the storm. Photo: 31 October 2012

Putting political rivalry aside, President Barack Obama and the Republican Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, took to the skies to view the areas of the state damaged by the storm.

A man stands outside his home in Lindenhurst, on the southern shore of Long Island. Photo: 31 October 2012

On the ground, people were beginning to come to terms with what they had lost. Here, Gary Silberman surveys his home in the village of Lindenhurst, on the southern shore of Long Island.

Men dig trenches for water being pumped out of flooded basements, caused by Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012 in Long Beach, New York. Photo: 31 October 2012

The storm has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. Here, in Long Beach, men dig trenches to feed water pumped from flooded basements.

Traders stand outside the New York Stock Exchange prior to the opening bell. Photo: 31 October 2012

Despite the disruption, the New York Stock Exchange reopened on Wednesday and flights also resumed to airports serving the Big Apple.

Cars piled on top of each other at the entrance to a garage on South Willliam Street in Lower Manhattan

But, with cars damaged and subway stations flooded, journeys across the city were difficult.

A resident walks on a flooded street in Hoboken, New Jersey. Photo: 31 October 2012

Many residents in the vast area affected by Sandy had to wade through flooded streets in order to get to work.

Commuters walk across the Brooklyn Bridge into lower Manhattan after the subway was flooded. Photo: 31 October 2012

For many New Yorkers it was an unusually long walk to the office.

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In pictures: Recovery starts after deadly storm Sandy

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