Superstorm
Sandy batters New Jersey coast of US
§ Hurricane Sandy (also referred to as Superstorm
Sandy) a tropical cyclone that severely affected portions of the Caribbean,
Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012.
§ Sandy developed from a tropical wave in the western
Caribbean Sea on October 22, 2012
§ Superstorm Sandy hit the US East Coast with
fierce winds and heavy rain, causing huge destruction. Large number of areas
was inundated, leaving nearly 5.5 million people without electricity inNew
York and New Jersey.
§ Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have
caused damage of at least $20 billion to $25 billion (2012 USD), which would
rank it among the top five most destructive hurricanes on record.
§ The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) declared
an alert at the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey, which is
currently in a regularly scheduled outage, as the water level reached the
minimum high level criteria.
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