New York

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Grueling recovery begins after SandyUPDATED: Oct 31, 2012 11:32 GMTFaced with one of the most daunting recoveries imaginable, ravaged cities in the Northeast must now clean up waterlogged buildings, burned homes and crippled infrastructure -- while millions of people remain without power.Although some New York City ground transit and airports are coming back to life Wednesday, much of the country's biggest city remains paralyzed.Meanwhile, New Jersey neighborhoods are still deluged under feet of water ahead of President Barack Obama's scheduled visit to the state Wednesday.And states farther west are grappling with Superstorm Sandy's dramatic encore -- a blizzard that dumped 3 feet of snow in West Virginia and left hundreds of thousands in the shivering cold.The arduous road to recovery seems as formidable as Sandy itself.Transportation mess slowly untanglesAfter days of canceled flights and stranded travelers, two New York-area airports -- John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty -- are scheduled to reopen Wednesday with limited service.But New York's LaGuardia airport is expected to remain closed Wednesday because of significant damage.The city's massive subway network will remain offline for several more days as workers try to recover the inundated underground lifeline. New York's bus service will resume a nearly full schedule Wednesday, but it probably won't accommodate the 5 million commuters who rely on the subway every day.Is Sandy a taste of things to come?