Communities across New York and New Jersey marked the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy on Sunday, a day that ironically saw the region hit by another strong storm system containing soaking rains and strong winds. Thompson said his family's summer home in the Mantoloking area was destroyed by Sandy, a meteorological hybrid "superstorm" created when a former hurricane merged with other systems. "Sandy is not over," says Ryan Madden of the Long Island Progressive Coalition. ———William Mathis in New York City and Associated Press writer Bruce Shipkowski in Toms River, New Jersey, contributed to this report. ———For more coverage of the fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, go to https://www.apnews.com/tag/SuperstormSandy———This story has been corrected to show Michele Insinga, not Insingna, runs a nonprofit called Adopt a House, not Adopt a Housel.

Source: ABC News October 29, 2017 14:33 UTC