Pop star Lady Gaga has pledged to return to her native New York to help the clear-up from superstorm Sandy when she has a break in her world tour.

Gaga was in Puerto Rico when the post-tropical cyclone battered the East Coast last Monday, and the singer told fans she had been plunged into despair as she watched the disaster unfold in her home state.

Now, Gaga has promised to do all she can to help the Big Apple and New Jersey recover from the storm - just as soon as she has a gap in her Born This Way Ball trek.

In a series of posts on Twitter, she writes:

east coast how are you holding up? How are you New York? Staying strong i hope, thinking of you all the time. Cant even watch news feed.

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 4, 2012

i wrote this song when i was 16. so weird to hear it now because of hurricane. “NO FLOODS” hope this will cheer u up youtube.com/watch?v=gIV_dP…

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 4, 2012

ill be there as soon as i can to help my old neighborhood. Im on tour + cant let my fans down. I want to help with my hands with all of u

— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) November 4, 2012

I used to go when i was a little girl and buy penny candy with my daddy + go to the arcade.”