LI Damage and DEC Response Photos
Commissioner Martens and Army Corps Col. Paul Owen address reporters and town officials at Cupsogue State Park.
DEC Commissoner Martens and Colonel Paul Owen of the ACOE discuss the strategy to repair the breach.
Commissioner Martens discusses the breach at Cupsogue with Suffolk County representatives.
This dredging equipment will get the sand that will be used to close the Cupsogue and Smith Point County Park breaches.
The ocean flows into Moriches Inlet through a breach at Cupsoque Park.
The ocean flows into Moriches Inlet through a breach at Cupsoque Park.
The ocean flows through a breach at Cupsoque Park.
Hurricane Sandy moved the dunes from this park into the inlet behind them.
Sections of Dune Road along Shinnecock Bay are buried in sand.
The hurricane moved entire dune areas inland.
Sand-covers a section of the Southampton Beach parking lot.
Beach sand carried inland covers streets and properties.
Sand completely covers this stretch of Beach Lane between the ocean and Georgica Pond.
Ocean-side bluffs have been severely eroded and some areas have caved in.
Deeply eroded sandy bluffs near Camp Hero State Park.
The storm ripped away the shoreline leaving Shoreham homes at the edge of a cliff.
The beachside road is lined with piles of sand that have removed from it.
The amphitheatre and stage at Jones Beach.
The hurricane tore these Fire Island ocean-front houses from their elevated platforms, moving them inland.
Storm damage to large, ocean-front homes on Fire Island.
Debris from structures destroyed by Hurricane Sandy lies along the edge of the woods by the beach.
The yards and streets of this residential neighborhood on Fire Island are buried in sand.
The storm waters have breached the dunes and created a new inlet.
A plume of oil extends out into the water from a storm damaged property.
A boat, lifted by the storm from a marina 300 yards away, rests at a street intersection.
US Army and DEC conservation officers distribute food and water to residents of East Hempstead.
DEC ECOs and Army personnel unpack pallets of drinking water and food for residents of East Hempstead.
A residential street buried in four plus feet of sand. An access has been cleared for emergency vehicles.
ECOs and their off road vehicles assisting on Long Island.
Hurricane damage at a Long Island beach.
A wooden walkway extends into the air after serious erosion from the storm.
Storm damage to the boardwalk, railing and stairs at a LI beach.
Sand covers a local road and partially obstructs an overpass.
Chunks of broken asphalt litter a LI beach.
Damage to a beach-front parking lot on Long Island.
Storm waters surround a children's play structure at a LI beach.
Erosion alongside a road.
Hurricane damage to a beach-side parking area.
The roof and other remains of a house destroyed by the hurricane lie in the dunes.
The road shoulder is undermined and washed away, exposing utilities.
A LI shorefront building and deck destroyed by the storm.
The storm eroded the backyard of this residence, damaging the deck and undermining other structures.
Storm erosion leaves the end of this home hanging in the air.
The storm claimed the end and stairs of this high wooden walkway on the beach.
Serious erosion of the beach at Robert Moses State Park, LI.
The storm undermined this road along Jones Beach, causing the shoulder to collapse.
An ECO investigates a truck partially submerged by flood waters.
DEC ECOs assess storm damage on a beach at the LI shore.
ECOs use ATVs to patrol the beach and inspect storm damage on LI.
A Forest Ranger patrols Mastic Beach and Fire Island, searching for hurricane victims.
A Forest Ranger in an air boat assists the Long Island spills team searching for loose oil tanks after Hurricane Sandy.
Forest Rangers help the Region 1 spills program locate and secure floating fuel tanks after Hurricane Sandy.
A Massapequa, NY search and rescue mission led by Lt. Gadomski with help from ECO's Krug, Unger, and Oliver.
Flooding and destruction of property from Hurricane Sandy on the coast of Long Island.
A DEC Ranger patrols a flooded street in Massapequa, NY.
DEC Environmental Conservation Officers bring a rescue boat to a flooded residence in Massapequa.
A DEC motor boat stands ready to assist victims of Hurricane Sandy on Long Island.
DEC Emergency Response staff bring a boat to a flooded street on Long Island.
Search and rescue staff guide a motor boat down a flooded street in Massapequa, NY.
Search and rescue staff look for residents in need of help in Massapequa, NY
A DEC officer tows a boat down a flooded street in Massapequa, NY