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New York was severely affected by Hurricane Sandy on October 29–30, 2012, particularly New York City, its suburbs, and Long Island.Sandy's impacts included the flooding of the New York City Subway system, of many suburban communities, and of all road tunnels entering Manhattan except the Lincoln Tunnel.
Damage from Hurricane Sandy to a house in Brooklyn, New York. New York governor Andrew Cuomo called National Guard members to help in the state. Storm impacts in Upstate New York were much more limited than in New York City; there was some flooding and a few downed trees. [253]
June 22, 1972: Hurricane Agnes makes landfall near New York City as a tropical storm and produces up to 12 inches (300 mm) of rain in Southeastern New York State and much of Western New York, with locally higher amounts. Storm tides of 3.1 feet (1 m) and wind gusts of 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) occur in New York City, and severe river flooding ...
October 29, 2015 marks three years since Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the northeastern United States. The hurricane tore through hundreds of homes in New York and New Jersey, killing over 100 ...
Even before Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters surged over New York City’s Rockaway Peninsula, there was an air of decay in Edgemere, a far-flung seaside neighborhood long pockmarked with boarded-up ...
Let the blame games begin. As New York continues to recover from the disastrous effects of Hurricane Sandy, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced a special commission to investigate utilities ...
Hurricane Sandy originated in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. By a day later, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts computer model anticipated that the hurricane would eventually strike New Jersey. Early on October 25, Hurricane Sandy moved across eastern Cuba as a major hurricane and emerged into the western Atlantic Ocean. [4]
Hurricane Sandy destroyed thousands of homes in the Northeast, reportedly inflicting as much as $50 billion worth of damage and sparking a slew of relief efforts aimed at providing housing aid for ...