Superstorm Sandy 2nd-costliest hurricane
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy was the deadliest hurricane to hit the northeastern U.S. in 40 years and the second-costliest in the nation’s history, according to a report released Tuesday.
The storm’s effects reached far and wide, according to the National Hurricane Center report. While Sandy visited devastation on the East Coast, principally New Jersey and New York, it created wind gusts as far west as Wisconsin and as far north as Canada and caused water levels to rise from Florida to Maine, the center found.
The hurricane center attributed 72 U.S. deaths directly to Sandy, from Maryland to New Hampshire.
That is more than any hurricane to hit the northeastern U.S. since Hurricane Agnes killed 122 people in 1972, according to the center’s records covering 1851 to 2010. The report counted at least 87 other deaths that were indirectly tied to Sandy, from causes such as hypothermia due to power outages, carbon monoxide poisoning and accidents during cleanup efforts.
The deadliest hurricane in U.S. history hit Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed 8,000 to 12,000 people.
The report estimated damage caused by Sandy at $50 billion, greater than any U.S. hurricane except Katrina, which in 2005 caused $108 billion in damage, or $128 billion adjusted to 2012 dollars.
Feb 13, 2013 at 2:53 p.m.
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"Warm Welcome" Yes, Throwing things at these Employees from all over the country to help. Storm resoration has to be done in a safe manner and sequences have to be followed or someone could be hurt, or worse killed. They were upset because the power was not restored fast enough, Same people who probably refused to let the Utility to do preventive maitinance on those power lines in the past.
Feb 12, 2013 at 9:25 p.m.
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I wish someone would do a story on the "warm welcome" the loaned line techs recieved from the New York area Internationan Brotherhood of Electrical workers.
Feb 12, 2013 at 9:09 p.m.
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Why do they continue to refer to this as "super storm sandy"? It was a hurricane. And a weak one at that. It was barely a cat 1. Hurricane katrina hit two states. Katrina was a cat 3 on the gulf and cat 1 when it hit florida.
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