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Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New York
Category 1 hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
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Satellite image of Sandy at 4:15 p.m. EDT on October 29 as it was about to make landfall on the Jersey Shore | |
(Extratropical after October 29) | |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 80 mph (130 km/h) Gusts: 100 mph (155 km/h) |
Tropical Storm Sandy was the 18th named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. It was upgraded to a hurricane on Oct. 24 when its maximum sustained winds reached 74 mph (119 kph). After leaving that island , the storm gained strength over open water and became a Category 2.
Sandy wasn’t getting its energy from warm water below like a normal hurricane , but being fueled from above. The size was “one of the biggest factors in the unusually large amount of surge in the New Jersey and New York coastline,” said Jamie Rhome, the hurricane center’s chief for storm surge.
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A year ago this week, Hurricane Sandy devastated coastal communities from Jamaica to Canada. In the U.S. alone, the storm caused an estimated $65 billion in damages. The Tri-State area was arguably hit the hardest, and some families still haven’t recovered.
Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy ) was the deadliest and most destructive, as well as the strongest hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm inflicted nearly $70 billion (2012 USD) in damage and killed 233 people across eight countries from the Caribbean to Canada.
Deadly storms
Name | Year | Number of deaths |
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New England hurricane of 1938 | 1938 | 60 |
Hurricane Sandy | 2012 | 53 |
Hurricane Agnes | 1972 | 24 |
1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane | 1821 | 17 |
Deadly storms
Name | Year | Number of deaths |
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Hurricane Sandy | 2012 | 53 |
Hurricane Edna | 1954 | 29 |
1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane | 1821 | 17 |
Hurricane Five | 1894 | 10 |
Pekar adds that Sandy was considered an unusual event, what many call a “perfect storm.” The collision of three elements contributed to Sandy’s severity: a powerful hurricane with the energy and moisture from above-normal sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean; an unusually shaped dip in the jet stream that
WHY THE LEFT TURN ? It takes an unusual weather pattern to cause an unusual storm track. The key to that pattern (shown below) was a massive HIGH pressure in the North Atlantic, near Greenland. It helped create a “block” that prevented Sandy from going out to sea, or even continuing northward.
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Oct. 29, 2012
But recovering from big emergencies can take five years or longer. Foundations, corporations and the like (PDF) play big roles in assisting the people and communities hurt by disasters. After Sandy, they contributed $328.4 million towards recovery efforts between October 2012 and June 2014.
As the tropical storm system mixed with cooler air, it lost its hurricane structure but retained its intense winds. It was ultimately dubbed a superstorm , an unofficial designation given to large storms that don’t easily fit into a single classification.