--- description: Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, near Brigantine, New Jersey, cutting a vicious path through one of the most densely populated areas in... title: Before and After: A Remarkable Year of Recovery from Hurricane Sandy image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bd615a54d84a942/698a99b3b21a9cd296510e63/sandy_before_after_01.gif?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) # Before and After: A Remarkable Year of Recovery from Hurricane Sandy by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Oct 27, 2013 1:15 PM CUT  Before: The Monmouth Beach pavilion in New Jersey on November 8, 2012, surrounded by debris caused by Superstorm Sandy. After: The Monmouth Beach pavilion on October 22, 2013. Before: The Monmouth Beach pavilion in New Jersey on November 8, 2012, surrounded by debris caused by Superstorm Sandy. After: The Monmouth Beach pavilion on October 22, 2013.Before: Allison Joyce / Getty Images | After: Andrew Burton / Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Oct 27, 2013 1:15 PM CUT Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, near Brigantine, New Jersey, cutting a vicious path through one of the most densely populated areas in the U.S. A year and $65 billion in damages later, the most hard-hit areas look nothing like they did in the aftermath of the storm. These images show some of the efforts to recover from the hurricane and the resilience of the people who fell in its path. **Related Content:** [How One Church Fed An Entire Town Destroyed by Sandy](http://nation.time.com/2013/10/27/how-one-church-fed-an-entire-town-destroyed-by-sandy/ "undefined") [Hurricane Sandy, One Year Later: Self-Portraits by Communities in Distress](http://lightbox.time.com/2013/10/24/superstorm-sandy-one-year-later-self-portraits-by-communities-in-distress/#1 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7162805/before-and-after-a-remarkable-year-of-recovery-from-hurricane-sandy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7162805/before-and-after-a-remarkable-year-of-recovery-from-hurricane-sandy/"},"headline":"Before and After: A Remarkable Year of Recovery from Hurricane Sandy","datePublished":"2013-10-27T13:15:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T15:51:33.682Z","description":"Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, near Brigantine, New Jersey, cutting a vicious path through one of the most densely populated areas in...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7162805/before-and-after-a-remarkable-year-of-recovery-from-hurricane-sandy/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bd615a54d84a942/698a99b3b21a9cd296510e63/sandy_before_after_01.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bd615a54d84a942/698a99b3b21a9cd296510e63/sandy_before_after_01.gif?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hurricane Sandy Before & After","caption":"Before: The Monmouth Beach pavilion in New Jersey on November 8, 2012, surrounded by debris caused by Superstorm Sandy. After: The Monmouth Beach pavilion on October 22, 2013.","creditText":"Before: Allison Joyce / Getty Images | After: Andrew Burton / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7162805/before-and-after-a-remarkable-year-of-recovery-from-hurricane-sandy/","name":"Before and After: A Remarkable Year of Recovery from Hurricane Sandy"}}]}] ```