This is hugely important because Hurricane Ike knocked out the last road connecting Gonaives to the capital, Port-au-Prince.

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It's the biggest New York Road Runners race since Hurricane Sandy forced the cancellation of the NYC Marathon last fall.

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It's a boost the city needed along the long road to recovering from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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Hurricane Sandy caused a record surge of seawater in New York City in October, flooding subway and road tunnels and leaving much of Lower Manhattan without power.

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