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Oct 29, 2023 · In 2012, Superstorm Sandy slammed ashore in New Jersey and slowly marched inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages; the storm and its aftermath were...
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Nov 9, 2012 · Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on Oct. 29, packing winds of 80 mph and unleashing a destructive storm surge into communities along the shore. New images from the U.S. Geological...
Oct 26, 2022 · On October 29, 2012 Sandy made landfall in New Jersey near Brigantine, and was accompanied by heavy rains, 80 mph sustained winds and a record-breaking storm surge that coincided with a high tide and a full moon. Streets were flooded, houses swept off their foundations, and trees and powerlines toppled.
Oct 20, 2022 · After a weeklong journey up the East Coast, Sandy was no longer technically a hurricane, but it collided with a powerful winter storm and created a behemoth “super storm” that pummeled coastal...
- I.Before The Storm
- II. Landfall
- III. The Aftermath
- IV. The Long Road Back
Sandy would never reach a category four, and in fact, it was mostly a cat one when it marched northward off the coast of the United States. But the sheer size of it — satellite images revealed a continent-sized swirl of clouds and a quivering, unblinking eye — put it on a collision course with the jet stream. Computer models started projecting an i...
Sandy officially made landfall at Brigantine, just north of Atlantic City, at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 29th. As damaging as the waves and high winds appeared to be, it was the storm surge that did the most damage, sometimes flooding Shore towns worse on the bay side than the ocean side. They say “The ocean met the bay” during the great Ash Wedn...
According to the Star-Ledger, 40 New Jersey residentsdied due to Superstorm Sandy — several as a result of falling trees during and after the storm. Some had heart attacks. A few were listed as drownings. Some 346,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. In New York City, the subway stations flooded, and parts of Manhattan were plunged into darkness fo...
Superstorm Sandy led to changes in many New Jersey coastal towns: Dunes, once flattened to improve sight lines on beachfront property, have been restored and bolstered by grasses and other plantings. The implementation of flood maps has led to new building standards, and many old houses have been raised by “house-lifters’’ to accommodate the update...
Feb 11, 2019 · An unusual combination of hurricane conditions and cold fronts made Sandy particularly potent. In the nine days that Sandy raged, it killed 70 people in the Caribbean and almost 150 people in...
Oct 28, 2017 · On Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas of New Jersey and New York, causing billions of dollars in damage, and killed dozens of people in the U.S. and Caribbean. Here’s a look at where things stand with New Jersey five years later:
