A man works to clear sand out from under a structurally sound house next to a house on Plum Island which came off its foundation in the high tide during an overnight winter storm in Newbury, Massachusetts March 8, 2013. New England bore the brunt of a stronger-than-expected winter storm on Friday, which brought a damaging storm surge to coastal Massachusetts and dropped more than a foot (30 cm) of snow on Boston and its surroundings. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)