It's been nearly 10 years since Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast of the United States.
Since then, billions of dollars have been spent rebuilding and adding flood defenses along vast stretches of waterfront.
But local communities say they will not know how well they work until they are hit by the next big storm.
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