SuperStorm Sandy

Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of 2012, as well as the second costliest hurricane in United States history. It was first formed as a Category 1 hurricane that made its first landfall in Kingston, Jamaica. Then had hit Cuba and Haiti as a Category 2 hurricane. It had traveled the east coast of the United States and made it's first landfall in Atlantic City, NJ. Right before it hit New Jersey the hurricane weakened and became a post-tropical storm. It had hit New York And New Jersey very strong, shutting down every single form of transportation.The estimated cost of destruction was estimated at more then 50 billion dollars, second only to Hurricane Katrina. In New York and Jersey alone, the storm had damaged or destroyed more than 375,000 housing units. There was over 100 deaths 43 in New York and 37 in New Jersey. There was also a 5 billion dollar damage to the New York subway system. 8 million businesses and homes were powerless due to Sandy. Also economic loses to businesses was up to about 30 billion dollars. To this day there is still areas that are recovering from Superstorm Sandy such as coastlines.