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Hurricane Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in the history of New Jersey, with economic losses to businesses of up to $30 billion.The most intense storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22.
September 12, 1960 – Hurricane Donna moved up the East Coast of the United States and passed offshore New Jersey, causing heavy damage along the coast, but less than other states struck directly by Donna. The hurricane produced 105 mph (170 km/h) wind gusts and a storm surge of 6 feet (1.8 m) near Atlantic City, and 8.99 in (228 mm) of ...
The convection diminished while the hurricane accelerated toward the New Jersey coast, [32] and the cyclone was no longer tropical by 2100 UTC on October 29. [33] About 2½ hours later, Sandy made landfall near Brigantine, New Jersey, [34] with sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). [8]
Oct. 29-30, 2012: Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey’s Greatest Storm On Oct. 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, bringing hurricane-force winds and a devastating storm surge.
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 ...
Snow spread across New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and up the coast of New England from Nov. 7 through Nov. 9, a little over one week after Sandy made landfall.
October 28–29, 2012: Hurricane Sandy, a historic storm, makes landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey with 80 mph winds. This storm was unusual because it was a late season hurricane combined with a Nor'easter at high tide during a full moon, producing long-lasting and devastating results not seen in generations.
When Sandy made landfall in Atlantic City on the night of October 29, 2012, the streets were flooded, power lines and trees were knocked down, and the city's iconic boardwalk was destroyed.