Residents walk amidst floodwaters in the neighbourhood of Barquita, after days of heavy rain in Santo Domingo, Oct 26, 2012. Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades, slogged slowly toward the US East Coast on Friday after killing at least 41 people as it cut across the Caribbean.[Photo/Agencies]

The neighbourhood of Barquita is seen submerged in flood waters after days of heavy rain in Santo Domingo, Oct 26, 2012. Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades, slogged slowly toward the US East Coast on Friday after killing at least 41 people as it cut across the Caribbean. [Photo/Agencies]