Snowstorm batters U.S. Northeast

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It wasn't supposed to be this way. SOUNDBITE: New Yorker Vincent Reilly saying: You know, it's kind of disbelief. You don't have a hurricane and ten days later you have snow. That's not the way it works. Hurricanes start in Africa come up looking for the cold . Vincent Reilly is assessing the damage to his Breezy Point house after a snowstorm hammered parts of the U.S. Northeast. Many in this neighborhood were forced to leave after Sandy knocked out their power over a week ago. City workers and locals could be seen removing trash from homes destroyed by flooding. Joanne Kane says her main objective is getting her children back into a regular routine. SOUNDBITE: Joanne Kane saying: I have one daughter who is in the school that has 50 kids in one classroom. You know, the snow just increased the water flow in the basement. I am luckier than most though, do I have to say, The morning after the storm, a total to 715,000 homes and businesseses are without power - an increase of 43,000 homes from the previous day.