Recovering from Superstorm Sandy

Lisa Brocco-Collia holds 2-year-old Holly Kobin as the child’s mother, Jessica, looks on. Brocco-Collia has been helping displaced families like the Kobins, whose Seaside Heights, N.J., home was badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy.   (Molly Hennessey-Fiske / Los Angeles Times)

A police officer in Seaside Heights patrols the beach near the Casino Pier, where the Jet Star Roller Coaster still sits in the water nearly six weeks after Superstorm Sandy. A portion of the Casino Pier broke off into the ocean.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Mike Bolin, 23, of Hoboken, Tyler Flint, 24, of Jersey City and Laurel Barbot, 23, of Hoboken search through the remains of Bolin’s family home in Ortley Beach looking for his mother’s cremated ashes.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A woman rakes the sand near her front door in a heavily damaged neighborhood of Ortley Beach.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Lori Rebimbas helps her son, Nick, 9, onto a board placed across the remains of the floor of their home in Point Pleasant, where Superstorm Sandy brought in water 4 feet deep. The family has had to tear out all the flooring and drywall.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A door is still covered with mud and debris nearly six weeks after the storm.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A notice seeks help locating a shutter from a family’s beach home.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Debris removed from homes and businesses lines Grand Central Avenue in Lavallette awaiting pickup nearly six weeks after the storm.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

John Durante, pastor with the Jersey Shore Calvary Chapel, reviews a list of homes the church and a group of volunteers will be helping for the day in Point Pleasant.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)