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Despite strong shear, Sandy maintained its convection due to influence from an approaching trough; the same that turned the hurricane to the northeast. [25] After briefly weakening to a tropical storm, [ 26 ] Sandy re-intensified into a Category 1 hurricane, [ 27 ] and on October 28, an eye began redeveloping. [ 28 ]
About two and a half hours later, the former hurricane moved ashore New Jersey near Brigantine in Atlantic County, just north of Atlantic City, producing wind gusts as strong as 91 mph (146 km/h). Over two million households in the state lost power in the storm, 346,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, [ 2 ] and 38 people were killed.
Hurricane Sandy originated in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. Early on October 25, Hurricane Sandy moved across eastern Cuba as a major hurricane and emerged into the western Atlantic Ocean. [5] The National Hurricane Center (NHC) expected that Sandy would become extratropical at some point before hitting the New Jersey coast, but there was ...
Hurricane Sandy Oct 22-31, 2012 SolisC (1) One of the most intriguing aspects of the storm, from a meteorological perspective, did not take place in New Jersey where Sandy made landfall, but 300 ...
By AOL Real Estate and The Associated Press Flooding from Hurricane Sandy's storm surge may cause $90 billion in damage to nearly 300,000 properties in the superstorm's path, says the analytics ...
The havoc being wreaked by Hurricane Sandy is likely to be widespread, and the tab to pay for the damages will be high. While there are going to be industries that will be damaged by the storm's ...
Hurricane Sandy off the east coast a few hours before landfall on October 29. By late October 27, Sandy was moving steadily northeastward ahead of an approaching trough. Although it maintained winds of hurricane force, the entrainment of dry air and continued strong wind shear caused the inner area of convection to diminish. [28]
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.