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At Great Gull Island in the Long Island Sound, sustained winds reached 75 mph (121 km/h) while Sandy was still a tropical cyclone. Wind gusts reached 95 mph (153 km/h) at Eatons Neck along the northern coast of Long Island. [5] Hurricane-force gusts occurred throughout the New York metropolitan area and along Long Island. [30]
People are evacuated from a neighborhood in Little Ferry, New Jersey, one day after Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast on Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy took the lives of 71 people, directly, and 87 ...
Approximately 100,000 residences on Long Island were destroyed or severely damaged, including 2,000 that were rendered uninhabitable. [269] There were 53 Hurricane Sandy-related deaths in the state of New York. [270] In 2016, the hurricane was determined to have been the worst to strike the New York City area since at least 1700. [271]
Four years ago, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast with a record-setting 14-foot surge. Winds gusted up to 80 mph, and tides were especially high due to the full moon.
The worst may be over, but Hurricane Sandy continues to ravage the East Coast, with the effects of the storm going to be felt throughout the region for days. Hurricane Sandy has left a swath of ...
August 11, 1976: Hurricane Belle makes landfall on Long Island as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, producing up to 6 inches (150 mm) of rain. [58] 30,000 people are evacuated in New York in anticipation of Belle. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph and tides of 7.2 feet (2.3 m) above normal are reported in New York City ...
The remains of a mini-golf course destroyed by Superstorm Sandy is seen at the boardwalk Point Pleasnt Beach, N.J., Thursday morning Nov. 8. 2012. Emergency dunes built beyond the boardwalk in ...
All state parks on Long Island were closed on November 7 and 8th, with some remaining closed afterwards due to damage from Hurricane Sandy. [14] Airlines canceled over 1,300 flights in or out of New York airports. Parks in New York City were closed, and construction was halted. [10]