A massive clean-up operation is under way on the northeast coast of the US after "superstorm" Sandy caused widespread damage.
It was the biggest storm to hit the area for decades, with eight million homes and businesses still without power.
More than 40 people have died in the region; at least 18 of them in New York City.
US President Barack Obama is to travel to New Jersey today to see the damage.
The New York Stock Exchange is to reopen for regular trading after being shut for two days because of the storm.
Hit with a record storm surge of nearly 4m of water, authorities said New York City will likely struggle without subways for days.
Subway tracks and commuter tunnels under the city, which carry several million people a day, are under several feet of water.
Buses are operating on a limited basis and many residents are walking long distances or looking for taxis on the streets.
The lower half of Manhattan remains without power after a transformer explosion at a Con Edison substation on Monday night.
Aerial footage filmed today showed the aftermath of a huge fire in a flooded beach front neighbourhood on the outskirts of New York City.
The blaze, in the Breezy Point neighbourhood of Queens, destroyed 80 to 100 houses, injuring three people and forcing firefighters to undertake daring rescues.
More than 190 firefighters contained the fire.
Across the Hudson River from Manhattan, large areas of Hoboken, New Jersey, remain under water.
Assessing the damage, officials with New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority said they would release a timetable of their recovery plans sometime today.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took a helicopter tour of the Jersey shore yesterday and saw boats adrift, boardwalks washed away, roads blocked by massive sand drifts and other destruction.
He said it could be seven to ten days before power is restored statewide and told residents they could not yet return to homes on the shore's battered barrier islands.
The runways at Teterboro airport, a regional operation in northern New Jersey, were also swamped and remained closed this morning.
About 1km east of the airport, National Guard units remain on patrol in the town of Little Ferry, which has a population of around 10,000.
Late yesterday residents reported water suddenly started gushing out of storm drains, and within 90 minutes, 1.2m of water was in the road and entering houses.
Stranded residents have had to be rescued.
A number of scheduled flights into and out of Dublin Airport have been affected by Sandy.
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