Hurricane Sandy

Historical eventOctober 292012

Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

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When
Monday, October 29 201214 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
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At a glance

Dates: 2012-10-22 – 2012-11-02.

Deaths reported: 254.

What happened

Hurricane Sandy was an extremely large and devastating tropical cyclone which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United States in late October 2012. It was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds spanning 1,150 miles (1,850 km). The storm inflicted nearly US$70 billion in damage, and killed 254 people in eight countries, from the Caribbean to Canada. The eighteenth named storm, tenth hurricane,

October 29 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

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  7. 2015China
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October 29 2012 — 14 years ago, on a Monday.

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