Members of the United States Coast Guard help clear a house in the Midland Beach neighborhood, where many homes are set to be demolished due to Hurricane Sandy, in Staten Island, New York November 9, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Burton
(Reuters) - New York City was preparing to stage its first major event since cancelling its annual marathon as thousands of victims of Superstorm Sandy continued to struggle with power outages, gasoline shortages and freezing weather conditions.
Sunday's annual Veterans Day Parade is expected to attract crowds of over 600,000 people to central Manhattan and will be a test for a city still struggling to clean up after one of the worst natural disasters in the region's history.
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