Hardest hit were the South Shore and Cape Cod, but there were no serious injuries due to flooding, the governor said.

WSJ: A state-by-state look at the Northeast snowstorm

By some estimates, it may take ten years, and tens of billions of dollars, before hard-hit areas like the Jersey Shore start to resemble their pre-Sandy outlines.

FORBES: Rebuilding In A Warming World

MTV's "Jersey Shore, " the mega-hit known for both male and female brawls, featured yet another bar fight on Thursday night's episode.

CNN: Mean girls: Fighting on reality TV

MTV's mega-hit, "The Jersey Shore, " has successfully followed eight dark haired and tan strangers -- Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, Jenni "JWoww" Farley, Paul "Pauly D" DelVecchio, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola, and Deena Nicole Cortese (replacing Angelina Pivarnick in season three) from the New Jersey shores to most recently, Florence, Italy.

CNN: Obsessions: Snooki killed the video star

My wife and I were scuba diving, about 20 meters down, off the shore of Sri Lanka when the first wave hit.

CNN: Tsunami tragedy: Your e-mails

Ask for a harbour mountain-view room and you can watch seaplanes take off from Coal Harbour or see the first streaks of light hit the snow-capped North Shore mountains as you sip your morning coffee.

BBC: Business trip: Vancouver