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Hurricane Sandy. Not to be confused with List of storms named Sandra. Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) [ 1 ][ 2 ] was an extremely large and destructive Category 3 Atlantic hurricane which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United States in late October 2012.
Meteorological history of Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy was the sixth-costliest Atlantic hurricane on record. It lasted for over a week in late October-early November 2012. Classified as the eighteenth named storm, tenth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the annual hurricane season, Sandy originated from a tropical wave on October 22.
Statewide, Sandy damaged 346,000 homes, [26] with about 30,000 homes and businesses destroyed or significantly damaged. [8] The storm's high winds and heavy rainfall knocked down or damaged more than 113,000 trees across the state, many of which fell onto power lines, leaving about 2.7 million New Jerseyans without power.
Raymond Souza carries away a ladder after boarding up Tidal Rave's 5 & 10 gift shop on the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, ahead of Hurricane Sandy's landfall.
For real-time updates on South Carolina roads, the state Department of Transportation maintains live traffic cameras to track traffic and weather conditions. In the Myrtle Beach area, SCDOT has: A ...
September 20, 2024 at 9:11 AM. The National Hurricane Center is keeping close tabs on a brewing system that has a decent potential of developing into a tropical storm by the end of next week over ...
Commons: Sandy images. Wikinews: Sandy stories. New York was severely affected by Hurricane Sandy on October 29–30, 2012, particularly New York City, its suburbs, and Long Island. Sandy's impacts included the flooding of the New York City Subway system, of many suburban communities, and of all road tunnels entering Manhattan except the ...
The New York Harbor Storm-Surge Barrier is a proposed flood barrier system to protect the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary from storm surges. The proposed system would consist of one barrier located across the mouth of Lower New York Bay, possibly between Sandy Hook (N.J.) and Rockaway (N.Y.), and a second on the upper East River to provide a ...