Superstorm Sandy, 2012- Sweeping the Continent
This is the second costliest disaster ever to hit the United States. It led to losses of more than $70 billion in damages. This was a category three hurricane and developed from a known tropical wave along the Caribbean Sea before moving northwards to the Great Antilles.
People (bottom) walk near the remains of burned homes after Hurricane Sandy on October 31, 2012, in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. Over 50 homes were reportedly destroyed in a fire during the storm. At least 50 people were reportedly killed in the U.S. by Sandy. New York City was hit especially hard with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The first landfall was reported in Jamaica and later in Cuba and Bahamas, and then it hit New Jersey and New York. There were more than 233 fatalities recorded. The October 2012 incidence made metrological history and affected over 24 states in total.