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On October 24, Sandy became a hurricane, made landfall near Kingston, Jamaica, re-emerged a few hours later into the Caribbean Sea and strengthened into a ...
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Sandy gained wind speed as it curled north. By October 24, it was a hurricane— a storm with wind speeds of at least 74 miles per hour (mph)—with ...

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy 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. It was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as... Wikipedia
Total fatalities: 233
Highest wind speed: 115 mph
Date: October 22, 2012 – November 2, 2012
Category: Category 3 Hurricane (SSHWS)
Damage: $68.7 billion (2012 USD); (Seventh-costliest hurricane in U.S. history)
Affected areas: Cuba, Canada, Haiti, and more

Hurricane Sandy was the 18th named tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 - November 30). Sandy formed in the central Caribbean on ...
Sep 27, 2023 · Hurricane Sandy originated on October 22, 2012, over warm tropical waters near the coast of Nicaragua. It began as a tropical wave that ...
Feb 11, 2019 · Sandy is considered the fourth most expensive storm in U.S. history, and more than 600,000 housing units were destroyed in New Jersey and New ...
Feb 15, 2024 · On October 24, with sustained 80-mile- (about 130-km-) per-hour winds, Sandy became a category 1 hurricane in the waters just south of Jamaica.
Hurricane Sandy is the most destructive and costliest hurricane ever recorded in New Jersey, inflicting $37 billion in damages. Accelerating sea-level rise ...