Sandy

A study by a leading coastal science center lends new support to New Jersey's efforts to build protective sand dunes along its 127-mile coast.

More than two years after Superstorm Sandy slammed the Garden State, municipalities in hard hit areas, especially in Ocean and Monmouth Counties, are trying to deal with thousands of homes that were badly damaged by the hurricane, and have since been left abandoned.

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A used car dealer in New Jersey has been sentenced to three years in prison for selling vehicles damaged in Superstorm Sandy to unsuspecting customers.

Imagine having your home wrecked by a natural disaster, receiving recovery funds from the federal government, spending those funds, and then having the government ask that the money be returned.

An Ocean County woman displaced when Super Storm Sandy flooded her Seaside Heights apartment is being told she has to repay nearly $7,000 in money that FEMA approved for her to seek temporary housing and replace items destroyed during the hurricane.

As the air turns colder, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has plans for numerous Sandy-recovery projects through the winter and spring.

Since Superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey more than two years ago, the state has not been keeping track of the number of people displaced by the storm.

Jersey Shore families still having difficulties recovering from Sandy two years after the Superstorm are targeting Gov. Chris Christie in an online campaign.

BELMAR, N.J. (AP) -- The second anniversary of Superstorm Sandy arrived Wednesday in a region where recovery in New Jersey and New York is happening unevenly, with many houses, boardwalks and businesses rebuilt but many people still unable to return to their homes.

Two years after the devastating storm, a number of Sandy victims fed up with trying to rebuild, are deciding to completely demolish their homes and start fresh.