Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) [1][2] was an extremely large and devastating tropical cyclone which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region …

Nov 20, 2025 · Superstorm Sandy was a massive storm that brought significant wind and flooding damage to the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. in late October 2012. …

Oct 15, 2025 · Read CNN’s Fast Facts on Hurricane Sandy. As a hurricane and post-tropical cyclone, Sandy was responsible for 147 deaths in the United States and 69 more in Canada …

Oct 29, 2012 · Hurricane Sandy was the 18th named tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season (June 1 - November 30). Sandy formed in the central Caribbean on October …

An unusual combination of hurricane conditions and cold fronts made Sandy particularly potent. In the nine days that Sandy raged, it killed 70 people in the Caribbean and almost 150 people in...

Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as Superstorm Sandy) [1][2] was an extremely large and devastating tropical cyclone which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region …

•Became a hurricane before hitting Jamaica and a major hurricane just before hitting eastern Cuba. •Weakened due to shear over the southeastern and central Bahamas. •Interacted with …

Apr 24, 2025 · Hurricane Sandy (2012), nicknamed Superstorm Sandy, became the second-costliest hurricane in U.S. history, with damages exceeding $50 billion unadjusted for inflation, …

After emerging between Jamaica and Cuba, Sandy began a period of rapid intensification into a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, with maximum sustained …

Hurricane Sandy will be remembered as a raging freak of nature that became one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history. Here is a timeline from Sandy’s birth deep in the Caribbean …