NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 30:  A truck drives through a flooded street, caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012, in the Lower East Side of New York City. The storm has claimed at least 16 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a &#39;major disaster&#39; for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)