Communities mark 5 years since Superstorm Sandy
NEW YORK (AP) — Communities across New York and New Jersey marked the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on Sunday, a day that ironically saw the region hit by another strong storm system containing soaking rains and strong winds.
"Of course Mother Nature is taking another shot at us today. She has a sick sense of humor," Richard Thompson said Sunday while watching the rain fall at a convenience store in Toms River, New Jersey. "This storm obviously won't be anywhere near what Sandy was, but it would have been nicer to have a sunny day today."
Thompson said his family's summer home in the Mantoloking area was destroyed by Sandy, a meteorological hybrid "superstorm" created when a former hurricane merged with other systems.