Hurricane Sandy was a large and destructive Atlantic hurricane that formed in the Caribbean in late October 2012. It crossed Jamaica, Cuba and the Bahamas as a major hurricane, causing deaths and damage, and then turned north along the American coast. It came ashore near the coast of New Jersey as a post-tropical cyclone, but with winds covering a huge area, and its storm surge flooded much of the lower part of New York City, including subway tunnels, and left millions of people without electricity. More than two hundred people died across the countries it affected, and the damage in the United States was tens of billions of dollars. It led to new flood defences and plans for coastal resilience.
Before and after
- 21 September 2012Discovery of C/2012 S1
- 29 September 2012Death of Hebe Camargo
- 1 October 2012Creation of TypeScript
- from 10 October 2012 to 28 January 2020Premiere of Arrow
- from 22 October 2012 to 2 November 2012Hurricane Sandy
- 26 October 2012Creation of Windows 8
- 29 October 2012Release of Wikidata
- 6 November 20122012 United States presidential election
- 11 November 2012Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
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