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SANDYFROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM TO A HISTORIC “SUPER
STORM” IN EIGHT DAYSPart 2
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of
North Carolina, USA
AT 8:00 PM ON OCTOBER 29, SANDYBECAME THE MOST DEVASTATING CAT
1 HURRICANE TO HIT THE EASTERN USA IN RECORDED HISTORY
(PRESSURE– 940 Mb)
October 29– November ?, 2012
CAT 1 HURRICANE SANDY MADE LANDFALL AT 8:00 PM ON
MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 29TH
Sandy made landfall south of Atlantic City, New Jersey, merging with a winter storm system to become a unique, once-in-a-
century, “Super Storm” caused by nature’s natural cycles, NOT global warming
STORM SURGE SET NEW RECORD WITHOUT BENEFIT OF FULL-MOON HIGH TIDE
13 ft (4 1/3 m); a new record
Sustained winds of 133 kph (80 mph).
ATLANTIC CITY AND NEW YORK ON NORTH SIDE OF EYE AT LANDFALL
• Exacerbated flooding in Atlantic City, NJ destroys Boardwalk
• Hundreds of thousands in NJ without power
LANDFALL (Continued)
• Con. Edison shut off power for 250,000 in lower Manhattan.
• Record flooding quickly inundated tip of Manhattan.
• All of New York City flooded.• Brooklyn Battery tunnel flooded.
NEW YORK CITY ON LOCK DOWN
ROADS CLOSED
TUNNELS CLOSED
SUBWAY, TRAINS, AND AIRPORTS CLOSED
WIDE-SPREAD POWER OUTAGES
HIGH VOLUME OF 911 CALLS THAT CAN’T BE ANSWERED EFFICIENTLY
STOCK EXCHANGES CLOSED
SCHOOLS CLOSED
WATER AND FIRE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN
QUEENS, NY
Fire fighters unable to cope with flooding and fire as 80
houses burn to ground
OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: NEW JERSEY
NO PART OF NEW JERSEY WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE TH EXCEPTIONAL
AND UNTHINKABLE FLOODING FROM SANDY’S STORM SURGE