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An unseasonably early nor'easter winter storm brought snow, rain and dangerous winds to the U.S. Northeast, plunging many residents of the most populous region of the country back into darkness just as they were recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

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Volunteers Chris Braitsch (left) and Karina Ayubi unload blankets donated by the American Red Cross as the nor’easter storm approaches on Nov. 7, 2012, in Little Ferry, N.J., a town that was flooded during the storm and where some residents were still without power.Kathy Willens/The Associated Press

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A mother bundles up with her child under an umbrella in the south shore of Staten Island in New York City on Nov. 7, 2012, as a potent storm descended on the area hit hard by Hurricane Sandy.MIKE SEGAR/Reuters

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Workers clean up debris left on the street by Hurricane Sandy during a northeaster storm in Lindenhurst, New York, on Nov. 7, 2012.LUCAS JACKSON/Reuters

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Homeowner Chris Brady stands at a wall of windows damaged by Hurricane Sandy to watch snow fall during the nor'easter storm in Lindenhurst, New York, on Nov. 7, 2012.LUCAS JACKSON/Reuters

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A woman clears snow from her parked car on Nov. 7, 2012, in Dover Township, N.J., as the region pounded by Superstorm Sandy last week was hit by a storm.Mel Evans/The Associated Press

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Snow falls on a couch stacked with other debris outside a home damaged by Hurricane Sandy on the south shore of Staten Island in New York City as a potent storm descended on the area on Nov. 7, 2012.MIKE SEGAR/Reuters

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A electrical worker stands above an open sidewalk as sleet and snow blows around him in the Financial District on Nov. 7, 2012 in New York.John Minchillo/The Associated Press

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A toilet and other items left on a street after being damaged during Hurricane Sandy stand covered in snow from the nor'easter in Lindenhurst, New York, on Nov. 7, 2012.LUCAS JACKSON/Reuters

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Snow covers clothes hanging outside a home which was left destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York on Nov. 7, 2012.ADREES LATIF/Reuters

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A tree destroyed by Superstorm Sandy is seen covered in snow in Manhasset, New York, on Nov. 8, 2012.SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters

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A man rides his bike as a firetruck attends to a call during the storm in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Nov. 7, 2012.EDUARDO MUNOZ/Reuters

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Snow covers a fallen tree in a neighbourhood which was left destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in the Staten Island borough of New York on Nov. 7, 2012.ADREES LATIF/Reuters

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A car is seen covered in snow during the storm in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Nov. 7, 2012.EDUARDO MUNOZ/Reuters

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Workers clear snow as people walk down the tracks for the Long Island Railroad in Manhasset, New York, on Nov. 8, 2012. The unseasonably early nor'easter plunged many residents of the most populous region of the country back into darkness just as they were recovering from Superstorm Sandy.SHANNON STAPLETON/Reuters

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Travellers look at a monitor displaying cancelled flights in New York's LaGuardia airport on Nov. 7, 2012.ADREES LATIF/Reuters

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A NYPD traffic officer works in the Financial District as sleet and snow blows around him on Nov. 7, 2012 in New York.John Minchillo/The Associated Press

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A Con Edison emergency vehicle which crashed into a barricade after the storm is seen in New York on Nov. 8, 2012.ANDREW BURTON/Reuters

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A man throws salt across a sidewalk after the storm in New York on Nov. 8, 2012.ANDREW BURTON/Reuters

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John (left) from Wayne, New Jersey, and Henrik, a tourist visiting from Norway, build a snowman during a snow storm in New York's Times Square on Nov. 7, 2012.BRENDAN MCDERMID/Reuters

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A man rides his bike in the snow storm in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Nov. 7, 2012.EDUARDO MUNOZ/Reuters

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People wait at a bus stop during a snow storm in New York's financial district on Nov. 7, 2012.BRENDAN MCDERMID/Reuters

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