Editing Long Beach, New York (section)

===21st century===
On October 29, 2012, [[Hurricane Sandy]] struck Long Beach. As a result of flooding, hundreds of vehicles were destroyed and houses suffered various levels of damage. The estimated cost of all the damage was over $250 million. The city was without power and running water for two weeks after the storm. The boardwalk was also destroyed during the storm. The city began rebuilding the boardwalk with grants from [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] and the State of New York. The first two-block section of the new Long Beach boardwalk reopened on July 26, 2013,<ref>{{Cite web |title=1st section of Long Beach boardwalk reopens after Superstorm Sandy |url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/9185607/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730014125/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Flong_island&id=9185607 |archive-date=July 30, 2013 |access-date=July 26, 2013 |publisher=WABC TV}}</ref> and the entire boardwalk opened on October 25, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Long Beach boardwalk to fully reopen after Superstorm Sandy |url=https://abc7ny.com/archive/9300780/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028161200/http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news%2Flocal%2Flong_island&id=9300780 |archive-date=October 28, 2013 |access-date=October 25, 2013 |publisher=WABC TV}}</ref> The final costs of rebuilding the boardwalk were $44 million, of which ca. $39 million were FEMA grants and the final $4.4 million were reimbursed by the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Long Beach gets $4.4 million for boardwalk |url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/long-beach-gets-44-million-for-boardwalk,105786 |access-date=September 10, 2020 |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123104540/https://www.liherald.com/stories/long-beach-gets-44-million-for-boardwalk,105786 |url-status=live }}</ref>