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Email. Hurricane Sandy is expected to affect between 50 million and 60 million people, emergency management and weather officials warned Saturday afternoon.
Parts of Staten Island, where Sandy claimed 23 lives, were devastated by the storm. About 15 percent of the borough flooded, impacting more than 75,000 residents. One year later, almost one-third of the businesses on the Midland Avenue strip remain closed, according to Crain's New York.