Super Storm "Sandy"
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| Super Storm Sandy in USA |
US President Barack Obama has declared a "major
disaster" in New York state after storm Sandy smashed into the US East Coast,
causing flooding and cutting power to millions.
At least 8 million electric customers were without
power, including many hospitals and nursing homes....The damage toll from the
storm could come to $20 billion.
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| Super Storm Sandy in USA |
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| Super Storm Sandy in USA |
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| Super Storm Sandy in USA |
Super Storm "Sandy"
US President Barack Obama has declared a "major disaster" in New York state
after storm Sandy smashed into the US East Coast, causing flooding and cutting
power to millions.
A record 4m (13ft) tidal surge sent seawater cascading into large parts of
New York City's subway system.
Across the city, a power sub-station exploded, a hospital was evacuated and
fire destroyed 50 homes
At least eight million homes and businesses are without power, says the US
Department of Energy. In all, about 50 million people could be affected by the
storm, with up to a million ordered to evacuate their homes.
At least 8 million electric customers were without power, including many hospitals and nursing homes....The damage toll from the storm could come to $20 billion.
Fire destroyed about 50 homes in the New York City borough of Queens
More than 200 patients were evacuated from New York University's Tisch
Hospital after power went out and a backup generator failed
A large tanker ship was washed on to a street in Staten Island, New
York
America's oldest nuclear power plant, Oyster Creek in New Jersey, was put on
alert due to rising water
The New York Stock Exchange stayed shut on Tuesday - the first time it has
closed for two consecutive days owing to weather since 1888
A crew member from a replica of HMS Bounty died and the captain is missing
after the ship sank in mountainous seas off North Carolina on Monday
A construction crane in New York was bent double next to a skyscraper, while
the facade of a four-storey building collapsed
Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic tropical system on record, is a
late-season tropical cyclone that has affected Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas,
Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the eastern seaboard of the United States,
reaching to the area south of the Great Lakes Region of the United States, and
Eastern Canada. The 18th tropical cyclone, 18th named storm, and 10th hurricane
of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Sandy developed from an elongated
tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22. It became a tropical
depression, quickly strengthened, and was upgraded to a tropical storm six hours
later. Sandy moved slowly northward toward the Greater Antilles and gradually
strengthened
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On October 24, Sandy was upgraded to a hurricane, shortly before making landfall
in Jamaica. Upon moving farther north, Sandy re-entered water and made its
second landfall in Cuba during the early morning of October 25 as a Category 2
hurricane. During the late evening of October 25, Sandy weakened to Category 1
strength; in the early hours of October 26, it headed north through the Bahamas.
Sandy briefly weakened to a tropical storm in the early morning hours of October
27, then restrengthened to a Category 1 hurricane later that morning
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Just before 8 a.m. on October 29, Sandy turned to the north-northwest and
started to make its expected approach towards the U.S. coast, still maintaining
Category 1 strength. Although the National Hurricane Center has not officially
confirmed the location, at 5:46 PM local time, Accuweather announced it had come
ashore in between Avalon and Sea Isle City in Cape May County, New Jersey. NOAA
announced officially that the storm had come ashore at approximately 8:00 p.m.
EDT 5 miles southwest of Atlantic City, New Jersey. On October 29, 2012, at 7:00
p.m. EDT, Sandy was declared a post-tropical cyclone
Sandy's impact on the United States stretched from North Carolina to New England
with tropical storm force winds stretching far inland and significant mountain
snows in West Virginia. The cyclone brought a record-breaking storm surge to New
York City on the evening of October 29, with numerous streets and tunnels
flooded in Lower Manhattan and other areas of the city
The death toll from Sandy, a hurricane turned superstorm, in the United States
and Canada has risen to at least 50, US media reported.
The devastation brought the busy, bustling Northeast to a virtual standstill,
with schools, businesses, and airlines closed, mass transit systems shut down,
more than 15,000 flights cancelled and many roads impassable.
At least 8 million electric customers were without power, including many
hospitals and nursing homes....The damage toll from the storm could come to $20 billion.