Hurricane Sandy 

Hurricane Sandy was a storm which caused destruction, deaths, and floods too. Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Bahamas and the East Coast of the U.S were the places affected by Sandy. On October 22, Sandy began to form down in the Caribean. Sandy started as a tropical wave that left the west coast of Africa on October 11and then quickly it turned into a tropical storm. Then by October 24, Sandy became a category 1 hurricane as it crossed Jamaica and then as it moved it became stronger and by the time it hit Cuba, Sandy had winds of 110mph just one mph below the status of a major category 3 hurricane. After that Sandy lost strength and became again a category 1 hurricane. But as it moves to the U.S coast it combined with a cold front which made it stronger with higher speeds and caused floods. After it caused major destruction in the coast the hurricane turned into a snowstorm which dumped 26 inches of snow on Redhouse, Md., 24 inches in Alpine Lake, W.V., and 18 inches in Newfound Gap, Tenn. The transformation of Sandy from rainstorm to snowstorm is a consequence of a blast of Arctic air that has fed the storm even as it has moved out of tropical waters. Normally, a tropical storm like Sandy would weaken as it moves northward into cooler waters. But a dip in the polar jet stream has fueled the storm. Hurricane Sandy caused a lot of destruction and deaths. Sandy caused at least 130 deaths, about 8 million people had no power, at least 675,000 homes destroyed, 200,000 people were homeless, and 867 million dollars of destruction. Overall, this hurricane was definitely one of the strongest that the United States ever experienced.