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Sandy Hurricane
Sandy Hurricane
After cutting a destructive path through the
Caribbean, Hurricane Sandy caused extensive damage along the East Coast many
week ago. Sandy made landfall in southern New Jersey and brought with it major
flooding, travel disruption, structural damage, and power outages. New York
City was especially hard hit. The storm system was so large -- nearly 1,000
miles wide at times -- it brought blizzard conditions to West Virginia and 20
foot waves to Lake Michigan. It is projected Sandy will have caused about $30
billion in damages in the United States.
Hurricane Sandy was a hurricane that devastated portions of
the Caribbean, the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, and Eastern
Canada in late October 2012. Sandy, the eighteenth named storm and tenth
hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, was a category 2 storm at its
peak intensity. While it was "only" a category 1 storm off the coast
of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the largest Atlantic
hurricane on record (as measured by diameter with winds spanning 1,100 miles
(1,800 km)). Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of
at least $20 billion (2012 USD). estimates of losses that include business
interruption surpass $50 billion (2012 USD),behind only Hurricane Katrina. At
least 199 people were killed along the path of the storm in seven countries.
Sandy developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean
Sea on October 22, quickly strengthened and was upgraded to Tropical Storm
Sandy six hours later. Sandy moved slowly northward toward the Greater Antilles
and gradually intensified. On October 24, Sandy became a hurricane, made landfall
near Kingston, Jamaica, a few hours later, re-emerged into the Caribbean Sea
and strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane. On October 25, Sandy hit Cuba,
then weakened to a Category 1 hurricane. Early on October 26, Sandy moved
through the Bahamas. On October 27, Sandy briefly weakened to a tropical storm
and then restrengthened to a Category 1 hurricane. Early on October 29, Sandy
curved north-northwest and then moved ashore near Atlantic City, New Jersey as
a "post-tropical cyclone" with hurricane-force winds. Shortly after,
media outlets were calling the storm "Superstorm Sandy".
In Jamaica, winds left 70% of residents without electricity,
blew roofs off buildings, killed one, and caused about $55.23 million (2012
USD) in damage. In Haiti, Sandy's outer bands brought flooding that killed at
least 54, caused food shortages, and left about 200,000 homeless. In the
Dominican Republic, two died. In Puerto Rico, one man was swept away by a
swollen river. In Cuba, there was extensive coastal flooding and wind damage
inland, destroying some 15,000 homes, killing 11, and causing $2 billion (2012
USD) in damage. In The Bahamas, two died amid an estimated $300 million (2012
USD) in damage.
In the United States, Hurricane Sandy affected at least 24
states, from Florida to Maine and west to Michigan and Wisconsin, with
particularly severe damage in New Jersey and New York. Its storm surge hit New
York City on October 29, flooding streets, tunnels and subway lines and cutting
power in and around the city.
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