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A before and after pair of images shows an image on top of concrete piers that used to support a wooden boardwalk. in the distance are piles of concrete rubble and lower rise apartment buildings. An image on the bottom shows a rebuilt concrete boardwalk with people riding bicycles in the same location.
Rockaways Five Years After Hurricane Sandy

Five years after the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy destroyed the 5.5 mile boardwalk, residents are enjoying a stronger, more storm resilient boardwalk. FEMA funding for the project included a 428 Alternative Procedures grant in the amount of $263 million to pay for resilient concrete decking and infrastructure. The city also received a $199 million FEMA grant for 406 mitigation to elevate the boardwalk and construct a sand barrier to increase resiliency. FEMA/K.C. Wilsey

FEMA Community Relations in Breezy Point and Rockaway, NY
Community Relations in Breezy Point and Rockaway, NY

FEMA Community Relations (CR) team members moved through Breezy Point and Rockaway, NY, after Hurricane Sandy. The CR members talked with disaster survivors about FEMA assistance and assessed the situation on the ground. Photo by Walt Jennings/FEMA

FEMA Community Relations in Breezy Point and Rockaway, NY
FEMA Community Relations in Breezy Point and Rockaway, NY

FEMA Community Relations (CR) team members moved through Breezy Point and Rockaway, NY, after Hurricane Sandy. The CR members talked with disaster survivors about FEMA assistance and assessed the situation on the ground. Photo by Walt Jennings/FEMA

A boardwalk is destroyed by the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy in Rockaway, New York.
Boardwalk destroyed by Hurricane Sandy

A boardwalk is destroyed by the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

A FEMA employee stands on a bus of people
Local Residents wait on buses to visit the Disaster Recovery Center

Local residents wait on a heated bus, rather than out in the cold at a Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) that has been set up to help residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The FEMA DRC manager is on the bus calling out the number of the next person to be assisted by FEMA. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Rockaway, New York residents clean up after the impact of Hurricane Sandy.
Local residents clean up after the impact of Hurricane Sandy

Local residents clean up after the impact of Hurricane Sandy. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Local crews clear streets that are piled with sand due to the impacts of Hurricane Sandy.
Local crews clear streets of sand from Hurricane Sandy

Local crews clear streets of sand from Hurricane Sandy

New York residents pick up water from the National Guard after Hurricane Sandy.
Points of Distribution provide supplies after Hurricane Sandy

-Local residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy get water and meals ready to eat from National Guard troops at a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Point of Distribution located at the disaster recovery center on Roackway Point Boulevard. FEMA is one of many agencies coordinating relief efforts after the storm. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

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