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Statue of Liberty seen across rough water from Battery Park 2. waves crashing against New York Harbour front3. cars on ramp of flooded...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLatest video of damage and flooding caused by superstorm\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 864908\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, 30 Oct 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Statue of Liberty seen across rough water from Battery Park \u003cbr/\u003e2. waves crashing against New York Harbour front\u003cbr/\u003e3. cars on ramp of flooded underground car park\u003cbr/\u003e4. Traffic light swinging in wind\u003cbr/\u003eSuperstorm Sandy damages buildings, leaves streets deserted\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 864849\u003cbr/\u003eNew York - 29 Oct 2012\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of apartment building missing its facade\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of fireman looking up at hanging crane in distance\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid of dangling crane\u003cbr/\u003eFlooding in New Jersey where levee was breached\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 864949\u003cbr/\u003eLittle Ferry, 30 Oct 2012\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of rescue boat in flooded street with evacuees\u003cbr/\u003e9. Young boy and dog in rescue boat\u003cbr/\u003e10. Police rescue boat being lead through flooded streets\u003cbr/\u003eFirefighters battling to control blaze that has destroyed dozens of flooded homes\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 864890\u003cbr/\u003eNew York - 30 Oct 2012\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide pull out of houses and trees on fire\u003cbr/\u003e12. Firefighters walking through water towards buildings, flames and smoke behind \u003cbr/\u003e13. Fire engines parked in flooded area, firefighters wading through water\u003cbr/\u003eEastern US gambling capital and tourist hotspot counts cost of Superstorm\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 864929\u003cbr/\u003eAtlantic City, 30 Oct 2012\u003cbr/\u003e14. Section of boardwalk resting yards from the beach against a house\u003cbr/\u003e15. Stop sign with planks from the boardwalk at end of street\u003cbr/\u003e16. New homes with damage\u003cbr/\u003eAerial footage shows extent of storm damage to New York and New Jersey areas\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 864970\u003cbr/\u003eVarious - 30 Oct 2012\u003cbr/\u003eBreezy Point, Queens, New York\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of burned out homes in neighbourhood destroyed by large fire\u003cbr/\u003eLittle Ferry, New Jersey\u003cbr/\u003e18. flooded neighbourhoods\u003cbr/\u003eNew Yorkers begin cleaning up after storm; Bloomberg comments\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 864957\u003cbr/\u003eQueens, New York - 30 October 2012\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of firefighters attempting to put out blaze in building\u003cbr/\u003eQueens, New York - 30 October 2012\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of fire destroyed homes on Breezy Point\u003cbr/\u003eHundreds of boats and other property damaged in storm\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 864971\u003cbr/\u003eVarious - 30 Oct 2012\u003cbr/\u003ePoint Pleasant Beach, New Jersey\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of boats in road\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide of boats on side of bridge\u003cbr/\u003eSomers Point, New Jersey\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of tree fallen on house\u003cbr/\u003eResidents confront damage left in the wake of superstorm Sandy\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 865027\u003cbr/\u003eCedar Bonnet Island, New Jersey - 31 October 2012\u003cbr/\u003e24. Pan across debris, including boat, between houses\u003cbr/\u003e25. Mid of man standing in yard with US Flag\u003cbr/\u003eBreezy Point residents return to one of the worst hit neighbourhoods\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 865062\u003cbr/\u003eNew York - 31 Oct 2012\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide of destroyed homes\u003cbr/\u003e27. Mid of people going through the remains of their home \u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid of Virgin Mary statue surrounded by debris\u003cbr/\u003eStorm Sandy blankets inland areas with snow as it marches inland\u003cbr/\u003eStory No.: 864956\u003cbr/\u003eElkins, West Virginia - 30 Oct 2012\u003cbr/\u003e29. Tracking shot (filmed from car) of snow-covered trees \u003cbr/\u003e30. Wide of vehicles on snow-covered road\u003cbr/\u003eNew Yorkers awoke to widespread powercuts and flooding on Tuesday October 30th 2012, after Superstorm Sandy hit the city during the evening of October 29th.\u003cbr/\u003eAn unprecedented 13-foot (3.9-metre) surge of seawater - 3 feet (90 centimetres) above the previous record - gushed into lower Manhattan, inundating tunnels, subway stations and the electrical system that powers Wall Street.\u003cbr/\u003eResidents ventured out to inspect the damage on  October 30th.\u003cbr/\u003eOne woman said the scene outside her apartment window overnight was like something out of a movie.\u003cbr/\u003eCars were stacked up at the entrance to an underground parking garage.\u003cbr/\u003eAuthorities said it will probably be days before the water is drained out and the wreckage removed.\u003cbr/\u003eThe storm had turned the usually bustling streets of Lower Manhattan into a ghost town. \u003cbr/\u003eThe storm caused the worst damage in the 108-year history of New York's extensive subway system, according to Joseph Lhota, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.\u003cbr/\u003eAcross the city, cars were scattered around the streets and rubbish bins were flipped over on their sides.\u003cbr/\u003eTrading at the New York Stock Exchange was cancelled again on  October 30th - the first time the exchange suspended operations for two consecutive days due to\u003cbr/\u003eweather since a blizzard in 1888.\u003cbr/\u003ePresident Barack Obama declared a major disaster in New York and Long Island, making federal funding available to residents of the area.\u003cbr/\u003eAs the superstorm Sandy makes landfall off the coast of New Jersey on  October 29th, its effects are being felt on the sandbagged-lined and nearly deserted streets of New York.\u003cbr/\u003eSo far emergency services have had to respond to the collapse of the facade of an apartment block in Manhattan and a hotel had to be evacuated following the collapse of a crane.\u003cbr/\u003eThe facade of the four-storey apartment building in the Chelsea neighbourhood crumbled and collapsed suddenly, leaving the lights, couches, cabinets and desks inside visible from the street. \u003cbr/\u003eNo one was hurt, although some of the falling debris hit a car.\u003cbr/\u003eNew York City Firefighters could be seen tearing away parts of the building using an elevated cherrypicker.\u003cbr/\u003eEarlier, the West 57th Street by Hilton Club hotel had to be evacuated following the collapse of a crane, which remained dangling precariously over the street.\u003cbr/\u003eNearby buildings were also evacuated and people were told to move to lower floors, but no injuries have been reported.\u003cbr/\u003eThe crane is attached to One57, 1.5 (b) billion US dollar luxury high-rise currently under construction, which will be the tallest residential building in Manhattan when completed, at 90 storeys.\u003cbr/\u003eLive streaming video from the site showed the broken part of the crane swaying in the wind and meteorologists say that winds atop the building could have been close to 150 kilometres per hour (93 miles per hour) at the time.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, Sandy zeroed in on New York's waterfront, and the threat of an 11-foot wall of water prompted city officials to close the mass transit system and cut power pre-emptively to parts of downtown Manhattan to avoid saltwater damage. \u003cbr/\u003eThe city shut its subways, schools, stock exchanges, Broadway theatres and closed several bridges and tunnels throughout the day as the weather worsened. \u003cbr/\u003eSome drivers argued with traffic officers for not letting them exit the city through the cordoned off tunnels past the deadline. \u003cbr/\u003eWorkers sandbagged subway and building entrances, and local businesses shored up their doorways.\u003cbr/\u003eOne coffee left a shop posted a sign in their window apologising for having to close during the bad weather. \u003cbr/\u003eBut not everyone was keen to leave.\u003cbr/\u003eManhattan resident Chris Ramos said he had to convince his elderly mother to leave her home and go to his, to ride out the storm together. \u003cbr/\u003eShelters were set up around New York for those in need.\u003cbr/\u003eSandy was downgraded from a hurricane to a post-tropical storm just before making landfall in southern New Jersey, but forecasters say this does not diminish its threat.\u003cbr/\u003eResidents of the New Jersey town of Little Ferry recalled on October 30th  how they woke up late in the night to find water gushing out of storm drains, quickly filling the road and coming into their homes.\u003cbr/\u003eA tidal surge triggered by superstorm Sandy sent water overflowing a riverbank and gushing out of storm drains, quickly swamping Little Ferry and setting off a frantic middle-of-the-night rescue of people stranded in houses and rooftops.\u003cbr/\u003eWithin 90 minutes 4 feet of water was in the road and entering houses, residents of Little Ferry said. \u003cbr/\u003eDuring the day on  October 30th emergency workers in boats picked up stranded people from their homes. \u003cbr/\u003eEvacuated residents of New Ferry said the water came up so fast that there was little they could do.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I was asleep and I heard this 'hmmmm', like a siren or something. And I looked down and there was water everywhere,\" said one resident, Emma. She said it was \"very scary\".\u003cbr/\u003eResidents of the town, situated near the confluence of the Hackensack River and a major creek, had put out sandbags and said they thought they had escaped damage when the water started coming out of the storm drains.\u003cbr/\u003eFirefighters in New York City were battling to control a blaze that has destroyed dozens of flooded homes early on  October 30th. \u003cbr/\u003eThe fire has destroyed at least 50 homes in a neighbourhood in the borough of Queens that was flooded by Superstorm Sandy. \u003cbr/\u003eOfficials said the blaze was reported around 11 p.m. on  October 29th (0400GMT on  October 30th). \u003cbr/\u003eA fire department spokesman said more than 190 firefighters were at the blaze in the Breezy Point neighbourhood, which lies on the Rockaway peninsula jutting into the Atlantic Ocean.\u003cbr/\u003eHe said two people have suffered minor injuries.\u003cbr/\u003eSandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with winds of 80 mph (130 kph) and hurled a record-breaking 13-foot (4-metre) surge of seawater at New York City on October 29th.\u003cbr/\u003eThe water flooded tunnels, highways, subway stations and the electrical system that powers Wall Street. \u003cbr/\u003eAt least 16 deaths were blamed on the storm.\u003cbr/\u003eSandy knocked out power on October 29th to at least 6.2 (m) million people across the US East.\u003cbr/\u003eNew York's main utility said large sections of lower Manhattan had been plunged into darkness.\u003cbr/\u003eThe famed Atlantic City, New Jersey, sits on a barrier island out in the Atlantic Ocean.\u003cbr/\u003eSeveral of the northernmost blocks of the Atlantic City Boardwalk, which was the first boardwalk in the United States, were destroyed by superstorm Sandy.\u003cbr/\u003eThe storm made landfall southwest of Atlantic City around 2340 GMT October 29th bringing record storm surges, hurricane-force winds and up to 12 inches of rain. \u003cbr/\u003eHurricane Sandy cut through the islet along the boardwalk pylons and shifted the sands further away from the ocean.\u003cbr/\u003eAt the same time, the wooden surface of the boardwalk was ripped off the pylons and deposited several hundred feet back from the coast line.\u003cbr/\u003eBehind the boardwalk, a new housing development withstood the brunt of Sandy.\u003cbr/\u003eWith broken windows and smashed garage doors, the homes withstood the storm.\u003cbr/\u003eThomas Gilbert, District Commander of the Atlantic City Tourism District was upbeat regarding the damage. \"If you go around the city, we fared fairly well compared to what it could have been,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd at least one resident, who called himself \"Jitney Man\" shared his optimism, saying: \"Been through this before. Not going to be a problem. Come on down. Casinos will be open. We want your money.\"\u003cbr/\u003eEven the casino operators say they could be back in business in a few hours if the state's gambling commission would permit them to re-open.\u003cbr/\u003eAerial footage filmed on October 30th showed the aftermath of a huge fire in a flooded beach front neighbourhood on the outskirts of New York city. \u003cbr/\u003eThe blaze, in the Breezy Point neighbourhood of Queens, destroyed 80 to 100 houses - injuring three people and forcing firefighters to undertake daring rescues. \u003cbr/\u003eMore than 190 firefighters contained the fire. \u003cbr/\u003eThe aerial video showed large tracts of flattened homes charred to the ground.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, Lower Manhattan still had residual flooding from superstorm Sandy, although much of the water has receded from around Battery Park City. \u003cbr/\u003eAcross the Hudson River from Manhattan, large areas of Hoboken, New Jersey, remained under water. \u003cbr/\u003eDozens of yellow cabs sat parked in rows, submerged in murky water to their windshields. \u003cbr/\u003eThe runways at Teterboro airport, a regional operation in northern New Jersey, were also swamped and remained closed.\u003cbr/\u003eAbout a mile east of the airport, National Guard units remained on patrol in the town of Little Ferry, which has a population of around 10,000.\u003cbr/\u003eLate on October 29th residents reported water suddenly started gushing out of storm drains, and within 90 minutes, 4 feet (1.2 metres) of water was in the road and entering houses.\u003cbr/\u003eStranded residents had to be rescued on October 30th.\u003cbr/\u003eA day after superstorm Sandy hit the US, New Yorkers on October 30th were facing up to flooding in some areas, digging out from the mucky leftovers of receding waters in others and bracing for days without power. \u003cbr/\u003eA strong gust of wind was likely to be a major factor in damaging a giant construction crane at a luxury Manhattan high-rise, city officials said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe rig's arm dangled precariously and forced evacuations in the thick of the storm.\u003cbr/\u003eA Department of Buildings spokesman said the investigation into what happened is just starting but engineers believe wind gusts estimated at 80 to 100 miles per hour (130 to 160 kilometres per hour) played a big role.\u003cbr/\u003eInvestigators also will look at how the crane was positioned and other issues.\u003cbr/\u003eEngineers climbed up the 74-story building in the midst of the storm to inspect the crane. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Our hope is that tomorrow they'll be able to find the ways to pull it in and then you cable it to the building so it's not going to fall down,\" said Michael Bloomberg, New York Mayor, on October 30th. \u003cbr/\u003eThe famed wooden boardwalk on Coney Island in Brooklyn flooded, but the water had started to recede by the morning of October 30th.\u003cbr/\u003eThe seaside aquarium had been submerged under 14 feet (4.3 metres) of water. \u003cbr/\u003eOfficials were surveying the damage while people were trying to comprehend the scale of the storm.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It hasn't been like this since I can remember. I remember 85' Gloria, I remember Hurricane Hugo, but it hasn't been this bad in a very, very long time,\" said resident Felix Vaynar.\u003cbr/\u003eAt least nine people were arrested for over thefts from stores in the area.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile in neighbouring Queens, a huge fire destroyed 80 to 100 houses in a flooded neighbourhood, injuring three people and forcing firefighters to undertake daring rescues.\u003cbr/\u003eVideo footage of the scene showed a swath of tightly packed homes engulfed in orange flames as firefighters hauled hoses while sloshing in ankle-high water.\u003cbr/\u003e\"To describe it as looking like pictures we've seen at the end of World War Two is not overstating it. The area was completely levelled, chimneys and foundations were all that was left of many of these homes,\" Bloomberg said.\u003cbr/\u003eA day after superstorm Sandy crashed into New Jersey's shore in the US, the massive scope of devastation became clear. \u003cbr/\u003eHomes were found washed off their foundations; power outages disrupted lives in all corners of the state; and landmarks such as the Star Jet roller coaster in Seaside Heights were plunged into the Atlantic Ocean.\u003cbr/\u003eGovernor Chris Christie warned on October 30th that the recovery would be long for his state, and said he had never seen destruction on this scale in his lifetime.\u003cbr/\u003eChristie, members of his cabinet and a few journalists took a helicopter tour on October 30th of the state's shoreline to see the destruction first hand.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There are homes in the middle of Route 35, off of their foundations,\" Christie said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The amusement pier at Seaside Park, the log flume and the roller coaster are in the ocean. No, I've never seen anything like this in my life.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThroughout the day, search teams were rescuing people stranded by floodwaters, either because they did not evacuate barrier islands or because they were in places where the storm surge came fast and by surprise. \u003cbr/\u003eRescuers ferried residents from Seaside Heights and other towns on the barrier islands of the state to Toms River on the mainland.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We managed to stay there until they came and got us,\" said evacuee June Acevedo.\u003cbr/\u003eResidents were not allowed on barrier islands such as Ocean City and Long Beach Island, and it was not clear when they would be. \u003cbr/\u003eThere was no word on when Atlantic City's shuttered casinos would be allowed to reopen.\u003cbr/\u003eBy late afternoon, 2.3 (m) million homes and businesses were without electricity, down 400-thousand from the peak, but still so many that Christie said it would take more than a week to get everyone restored. \u003cbr/\u003eJersey City was without power, while some sections of Newark had power.\u003cbr/\u003eMost mass transit remained shut down, too.\u003cbr/\u003eThe White House announced that President Barack Obama was scratching campaign stops and would come to New Jersey on October 31st to see the damage.\u003cbr/\u003eSchools and state government were closed for a second day and Christie urged private businesses to let workers stay home on October 30th unless workers had a clear path in. \u003cbr/\u003eSome schools called off classes for October 31st, and Rutgers University cancelled classes at its campuses in New Brunswick and Newark for the remainder of the week.\u003cbr/\u003ePeople along the battered US East Coast took the first cautious steps to reclaim their daily routines on October 31st, in the wake of superstorm Sandy.\u003cbr/\u003eNew Jersey was hardest hit by October 29th's storm.\u003cbr/\u003eAreas of its delicate barrier islands and long and slender strips of land have been left in tatters, with ruined beach front homes, flooded streets and damaged utilities.\u003cbr/\u003eAt Cedar Bonnet Island, just next to Long Beach Island, boats have been left stranded between damaged houses and debris was strewn across the neighbourhood. \u003cbr/\u003eNew Jersey's governor Chris Christie joined US President Barack Obama aboard Marine One on the afternoon of October 31st for an aerial tour of the storm damage along the shore - the economic engine that powers New Jersey's 35.5 (b) billion US dollar tourism industry.\u003cbr/\u003eMost mass transit systems in New Jersey remained shut down, leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters braving clogged highways and quarter-mile lines at gas stations, even Atlantic City's casinos are closed. \u003cbr/\u003eAfter living in the Atlantic City area for more than 20 years, industrial vehicle operator Jeff Crane said he had never witnessed the scale of damage before.\u003cbr/\u003eCrane acknowledged the clean-up was going to be a big job, but was optimistic that the initial hit to the local economy would eventually turn around.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It has caused a lot of devastation,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003e\"A lot of people are going to be out of work, but there is going to be a lot of work.\"\u003cbr/\u003eDr. Nayantara Hensel, Professor of Industry and Business at the National Defence University in Arlington, Virginia, said the industries that are concentrated in Atlantic City are the types that have difficulties making up lost revenue due to closures.\u003cbr/\u003eResidents of a flooded beach front neighbourhood on the outskirts of New York city returned home on October 31st to find fire had taken everything the water had not.\u003cbr/\u003eA huge blaze destroyed 80 to 100 homes in the close-knit community of Breezy Point in Queens. \u003cbr/\u003eOfficials said the fire was reported late during the night of October 29th, after superstorm Sandy began sweeping through the region.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Things like this happen in Missouri, they happen in California, they don't happen here, this is not supposed to happen here, it's terrible,\" said Art Tully whose house was completely destroyed by the fire. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's people's lives and homes that are gone and it's going to take a long time to bring them back.\"\u003cbr/\u003eResidents were trying to salvage whatever they could find on October 31st.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's just complete devastation and you know my parents have lived here for 40 years and it's unbelievable,\" said a woman, too grief-stricken to give her name. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't even know what to think. I don't even have words to describe it,\" said another victim, Brendan McDerby, who lost his family home.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's absolutely insane. It's just the most terrible thing I've ever seen.\" \u003cbr/\u003eMelted bicycles, charred dolls, blackened chairs from happier times were scattered around amidst destruction with small pockets of fire still burning.\u003cbr/\u003eAmidst the wreckage, Tom Duffy pulled what remained of the family photo albums. \u003cbr/\u003eSome of the photos look like they could be saved.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's the only thing we've been able to salvage up to now. We'll just have to figure out where do we go from here,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eNew Jersey bore the brunt of superstorm Sandy, which made landfall in the state and killed six people.\u003cbr/\u003eMore than two million customers were without power as of  the afternoon of October 31st, down from a peak of 2.7 (m) million. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Atlantic City Electric company dispatched workers to inspect underground lines as well as crews on cranes repairing overhead residential cables.\u003cbr/\u003eChecking underground lines near Caesars' casino, underground electrician Wayne Wright said it was going to be \"quite some time\" before normal service resumed.\u003cbr/\u003eFrom his vantage point in a crane 55 foot (17 metre) up in the air, apprentice electric firm worker Mike Cohen recalled working long hours as superstorm Sandy hit.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Monday night was bad,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We were out all night in it and it was a lot going on. It was crazy. Trees down, wires down, poles down... lot of work.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHensel said the impact of the storm has been made worse for local businesses as it fell at the end of the traditional tourist season and gave them little opportunity to make up for lost revenue.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is a time when people are less likely to go to Atlantic City because there is more inclement weather,\" she said and anticipated it would take \"a long time for Atlantic City to fully rebuild.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNew Jersey has 127 miles (220km) of Atlantic Ocean shoreline. \u003cbr/\u003eMost of the beach destinations, including famed spots like Seaside Heights, Atlantic City and Wildwood, are on barrier islands that range in width.\u003cbr/\u003eWet snow and high winds spinning off the edge of US superstorm Sandy spread blizzard conditions over parts of West Virginia and neighbouring Appalachian states on October 30th.\u003cbr/\u003eThe weather shut down an interstate road and knocked out power to thousands.\u003cbr/\u003eThe National Weather Service said a foot (30.5 centimetres) or more of snow was reported in lower elevations of West Virginia.\u003cbr/\u003eHigh elevations in the mountains were getting more than two feet (61 centimetres) and a blizzard warning for more than a dozen counties was in effect until the afternoon of October 31st.\u003cbr/\u003eAt least 236-thousand customers were without power in West Virginia early on October 30th.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Elkins, a city of about seven thousand people, power went out across town before dawn and the only lights were from passing snowploughs as heavy, wet flakes piled up to about eight inches (20 centimetres).\u003cbr/\u003e\"Crazy. You can't go nowhere,\" said Elkins resident Brandon Williams. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Trees in the road. The interstate's shut down. Not much you can do.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe roofs of at least three homes collapsed under the weight of heavy snow, according to West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, who urged residents to stay off the roads. \u003cbr/\u003eThat will prevent mishaps and allow National Guard, Division of Highways and Division of Forestry crews to clear felled trees for utility repair workers.\u003cbr/\u003eAuthorities closed nearly 50 miles (80 kilometres) of Interstate 68 on either side of the West Virginia-Maryland state line for hours early on Tuesday because of blizzard conditions and stranded vehicles. \u003cbr/\u003eMore than thirty other highways and roads were closed in West Virginia by snow, ice, high water, and downed trees and power lines. \u003cbr/\u003eA number of vehicles broke down or jack knifed.\u003cbr/\u003e\"They got about four tractor-trailers jack knifed on that mountain and two of them are side by side,\" said one Elkins resident.\u003cbr/\u003eSchools were closed in at least 39 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