Government to pay New Jersey emergency power costs: senators 1 of 2. Street signs are seen after they were knocked down next to damaged fencing caused by Hurricane Sandy in Bay Head, New Jersey, November 1, 2012. At least 82 people in North America died in the superstorm, which ravaged the northeastern United States on Monday night, and officials said the count could climb higher as rescuers searched house-to-house through coastal towns. Credit: Reuters/Adam Hunger