Superstorm slams Jersey Shore

Destroyed sections of an an old boardwalk are seen in an area that flooded by the beach on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J. The storm has claimed several lives in the United States and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the East Coast including New York City.

Waves break next to an apartment building which flooded from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Resident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building (L) which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A man walks through flood waters caused by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.

Resident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Waters from Hurricane Sandy start to flood Beach Ave. on Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.

A street sign stands near apartment buildings which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Debris and sections of a destroyed old boardwalk are seen in an area that flooded on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Resident Kim Johnson inspects the area around her apartment building (left) which flooded from Hurricane Sandy and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Flood waters begin to flood a street near the ocean ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A flooded street between two casinos along the Boardwalk before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Water floods a street ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A car sits in a flooded street near the ocean ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A man walks down a flooded street ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A car sits in a flooded street near the ocean ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Flooding begins to inundate a parking garage ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Flood waters inundate a street near the ocean ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Signs on a boarded up restaurant before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 29, 2012, on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J.

An empty Boardwalk before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A member of the press takes a photo of a flooded street ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Debris from flooding is scattered on a street near the ocean as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A man stands on a dry patch of sidewalk as a vehicle drives up a flooded street ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A boarded up Trump Plaza and an empty Boardwalk before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A television reporter stands in water one the beach near the Boardwalk before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Wind blows across a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A car drives down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A man stands on a dry patch of sidewalk on a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

People walk down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A resident and other family members are taken by truck away from their flooding home as of Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A flooded street is seen at nightfall during rains from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A military vehicle drives past Trump Plaza on Atlantic Avenue as Hurricane Sandy approaches on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A man takes photographs as he walks through water on the beach near the time of high tide as Hurricane Sandy approaches on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

People walk through water on the beach near the time of high tide as Hurricane Sandy approaches on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Sections of an old boardwalk are seen destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

People on the beach watch the surf as Hurricane Sandy approaches on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Traffic lights are reflected on the empty Pacific Avenue amid rains prior to landfall of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Waves crash against a previously damaged pier before landfall of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Ocean Avenue flooded by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.

People walk across Beach Ave. as flood waters from Hurricane Sandy rush in on Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.

An emergency vehicle drives down Ocean Avenue which is flooded from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.

A man stands on the beach as heavy surf from Hurricane Sandy pound the shoreline on Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.

An emergency vehicle drives down Ocean Avenue that is flooded from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.

The famous Stone Pony is boarded up to help protect it it from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Asbury Park, N.J.

The famous Wonder Bar is boarded up to help protect it it from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Asbury Park, N.J.

An Asbury Park police officer evacuates storm voyeurs from the boardwalk during Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Asbury Park, N.J.

An Asbury Park police officer patrols the streets during Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Asbury Park, N.J.

A popular restaurant off the boardwalk faces Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Asbury Park, N.J.

Earth movers clean sand off the road which was brought in from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.