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SANDY FROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM TO A HISTORIC “SUPER STORM” IN EIGHT DAYS Part 2. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA.
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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
FORTY DEATHS ALONG EASTERN SEABOARD (as of Oct. 30) Preliminary Loss Estimate: $50 Billion
SANDY CAUSES 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO BE PLACED ON HOLD Election to take place on November 6th
OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: NEW YORK THE SUDDENNESS AND THE RECORD HEIGHT OF THE STORM SURGE CAUSED HAVOC
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.
NY HOSPITALS IMPACTED FLOODING, POWER OUTAGES, AND AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION LIMIT SERVICES
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