In damages and deaths, yes. In category and intensity, no.
It is too early to tell at this point, but many anticipate Hurricane Sandy will be worse.
No. Katrina was far worse than Andrew, causing more than twice the damage and more than 50 times as many deaths.
No. Hurricane Sandy was far larger than Hurricane Isaac.
Hurricane Andrew wasn't as bad or as strong as Katrina, if that's what you mean.
It didn't. Hurricane Andrew was the most damaging hurricane on record until Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Hurricane Andrew, while extremely intense, was actually smaller than most hurricanes.
Hurricane Katrina was far worse than Ike. Compare the statistics: Hurricane Katrina killed 1,836 people and caused $105 billion in damage. Hurricane Ike killed 103 and caused $37 billion in damage.
That depends. "Super storm" does not have a definition in meteorology and has been applied to a variety of storms, some not as bad as a hurricane, and some worse than the typical hurricane. However, the very worst of hurricanes are far worse than these so- called super storms.
More than 100 houses burned down during Hurricane Sandy in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens.
Hurricane Sandy was called "Superstorm Sandy" by the popular media because it was a post-tropical cyclone at landfall in the U.S. rather than a true hurricane and it was combining with another system. However, "superstorm" does not have a definition and it is not a term used by scientists.
No. A hurricane is a kind of storm and is one of the worst kinds if not the worst.
Hurricane Sandy produced a storm surge for the same reason that all other landfalling hurricanes do. The large area of strong winds from a hurricane essentially pushes the seawater onto land. Although other hurricanes have had far stronger winds than Sandy, that storm's extremely large wind field produced a high storm surge, which was made even worse as it was funnel up Long Island Sound.