Resource Type: Document / Report Last Updated: April 25, 2013. Sixteen days after the landfall of superstorm Sandy, much recovery work remains to be done. A timeline created with Timetoast's interactive timeline maker. Hurricane Sandy, a late-season post-tropical cyclone, swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States in late October 2012. We are back this week with our series the 10 Biggest Disasters in the History of New York City with a look at one of the most destructive storms to hit New York City and the surrounding areas, Hurricane Sandy. Sandy slams Jersey shore.

As a hurricane and post-tropical cyclone, Sandy was responsible for 117 deaths in the United States and 69 more in Canada and the Caribbean. Timeline of Hurricane Sandy(HS16) Category 5 hurricane Formed October 20 Dissipated November 7 Highest winds 1-minute sustained: 180 mph (285 km/h) Lowest pressure 921 mbar ; 27.2 inHg: Areas affected Northern SA, Jamaica, etc. Hurricane Sandy is the fourth costliest storm in the U.S., causing nearly $70 billion in damage and resulting in the death of 233 people across 8 different countries. Summary: Hurricane Sandy was the 18th named tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 - November 30). Jamaica Sandy reached a catogory 1 in Jamaica. Sandy formed in the central Caribbean on October 22nd and intensified into a hurricane as it tracked north across Jamaica, eastern Cuba and the Bahamas. Hurricane Sandy time-lapse from Space Jump to media player Nasa has released a time-lapse animation showing the movement of Hurricane Sandy on Sunday. Skip footer content. Advertisement

Hurricane Sandy: Timeline of events as the storm approached Staten Island Updated Jan 03, 2019; Posted Oct 26, 2016 Top Hurricane Sandy photos from the days surrounding the storm

October 22 A tropical depression forms in the south Here is a timeline from Sandy's birth deep in the Caribbean Sea to its dissipation over Pennsylvania nine days later. In an attempt to lessen damage from saltwater to the subway system and the electrical network beneath the city's financial district, New York City's main utility cut power to about 6,500 customers in lower Manhattan. After Katrina in 2005, Sandy is the costliest hurricane to … Watching the hurricane from the 51st floor of the New York Times building.

Part of a series on Hurricane Sandy(HS16, 2nd 2012) Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history You might like: México: 1946-1970 - Volatilidad política-económica. The New York skyline remains dark Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from the Williamsburg neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Read CNN's Fast Facts on Hurricane Sandy. Update 3: Latest video from NASA/NOAA's GOES-13 weather satellite, showing hurricane Sandy's progression from October 16 to October 28 at 5:00pm EDT.

Hurricane Sandy will be remembered as a raging freak of nature that became one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history. Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the United States about 8 p.m. EDT Oct. 29, striking near Atlantic City, N.J., with winds of 80 mph. How it Started Hurricane Sandy started as a tropical depression off the coast of Nicaragua Oct 23, 2012. In Uncategorized. ... Hurricane Sandy Timeline created by Hoberman. Oct 22, 2012. Share This Page. Here’s a complete animation of Hurricane Sandy from October 23-31, as seen by GOES-13, a geosynchronous satellite that is in orbit nearly 36,000 km (23,000 miles) above Earth.