Hurricane Sandy

An almost full moon increased the height of the tide during Hurricane Sandy's storm surge. Homes were flooded with more than 4 feet of water in mere seconds.

Yes. The entire state of New Jersey was hit.

Hurricanes are not named on the basis of how bad they are. Each year has a predetermined list of names that names storms in the order that they occur.

The storm called Sandy got that name because it was the 18th Atlantic tropical storm to form in 2012, and so got the 18th name on the list.

Hurricane Sandy is huge - about 900 miles wide. It is expected to make landfall near Atlantic City, NJ.

It varied at different points during the storm. At peak intensity Hurricane Sandy had sustained winds of 110 mph when it struck Cuba. At landfall in the United States Sandy had sustained winds of 80 mph with stronger gusts.

Both Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Katrina were extremely large, destructive hurricanes that struck the United States, causing massive flooding. At over $100 billion Hurricane Katrina is the costliest hurricane in U.s. history with Sandy coming in second place at about $50 billion. Both produced very high storm surges, with Sandy's peaking at 13-14 feet and Katrina's peaking at 28 feet. Both essentially shut down major cities, with Sandy shutting down New York City and Katrina shutting down New Orleans, though for much longer and under much worse conditions.

Both were also part of abnormally active hurricane seasons.

Hurricane Sandy hit Atlantic City on October 29, 2012.

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where did hurricane sandy occur and why it occur in that location

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Yes It has caused 120 deaths so far and the government estimated damage of 20 billion dollars.

the worst part about hurricane sandy was when it made landfull at new york and destroyed heaps of houses and killed heaps of people.

Hurricane Sandy was unusual in a few ways. It started of as a fairly ordinate hurricane, but later merged with a mid-latitude storm system, which caused to the become a rather powerful storm system similar to the Perfect Storm of 1991. Second, it was extremely large, at over 1,100 miles across. Third, it made an unprecedented westward turn to hit the East Coast. Other East Coast hurricanes have either kept moving on a northward path or turned eastward out to sea.

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It hit last in the United States and some places in Canada

There were a few reasons. First, Hurricane Sandy made a direct impact on a region not accustomed to storms of that magnitude. Second, Sandy was a very unusual storm in a number of ways, including its unprecedented westward turn. Third, that same region had been impacted by Hurricane Irene the previous year. Irene was a damaging storm, but was not quite as bad in the northeast region as had been expected. As a result, many dismissed the dire warnings about Hurricane Sandy as exaggeration.

Hurricane Sandy had peak sustained winds of 115 mph just before hitting Cuba, making it a category 3 hurricane.

Hurricane Sandy formed over the Carribean on October 22, 2012 and traveled north. It struck Jamaica on October 24 and Cuba on the 25. Haiti also suffed significant impacts and there was flooding in Puerto Rico. Sand continued north, moving across the Bahamas and parallel to the U.S. East Coast. The storm's enormous size meant that it was able produce rain and strong winds along the U.S. East Coast while the center remained well offshore. The outer bands also produced a weak tornado in Bermuda. Sandy then made an unprecedented westward turn and made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey on October 29, but was so large that damaging winds extended all the way to Maine and Ontario.

In terms of wind speed Hurricane Sandy was not particularly strong at landfall, with winds in the category 1 range. However, several factors combined to make it a very destructive storm. First of all, it impacted a very densely populated area with much development right along the coast. This meant that there was a lot of perperty to destroy. Second, the storm was abnormally large, which meant that its effects were pread out over a very large area with a damage path over 800 miles wide. The large size meant that the winds affected a very large area of ocean. This led to an unsually high storm surge for the storm surge, where the wind drives the ocean onto land. Sandy also happened to make landfall at high tide durring a full moon. During a full moon and new moon you get spring tides, with higher high tides and lower low tides. The high tide was added to the storm surge, creating a destructive storm tide. This may also have been enhanced by as much as a foot of sea level rise in the past century from climate change.

It is too early to tell at this point, but many anticipate Hurricane Sandy will be worse.

They shut down all public transportation and ordered mandatory evacuation of low-lying coastal areas. They advised non-evacuated residents to remain in their homes. Everyone was told to secure outdoor furniture, set aside enough water and food for their household, ensure they have enough medicine, flashlights, batteries and a battery-operated radio. Many people taped up their windows and in coastal areas, many people boarded up their windows.

As a category 3 hurricane, Sandy produced wind speeds of 115 mph in eastern Cuba.