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This far surpassed the $1 billion damage total Hurricane Irene from the 2011, the state's previous costliest natural disaster. [25] Damage was heaviest in Ocean and Monmouth counties. [8] Statewide, Sandy damaged 346,000 homes, [26] with about 30,000 homes and businesses destroyed or significantly damaged. [8]
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 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 ...
The cost of damage to the city hospital system, including emergency measures, evacuations, and staff overtime, was estimated around $1 billion. Power outages and storm impacts forced the closure of six hospitals and 26 residential care facilities in the city, which reduced the citywide hospital capacity by 8%.
By MANDI WOODRUFF Superstorm Sandy is expected to cost a staggering $50 billion, with as many as 200,000 claims for wind damage and 20,000 claims for flood damage filed by consumers. The sooner ...
Mother Nature certainly made herself known in 2012, unleashing unusually destructive wildfires and storms across the U.S. Hurricane Sandy alone caused up to $50 billion in damage. While the spate ...
By AOL Real Estate and The Associated Press Flooding from Hurricane Sandy's storm surge may cause $90 billion in damage to nearly 300,000 properties in the superstorm's path, says the analytics ...
The number of $1 billion Atlantic hurricanes almost doubled from the 1980s to the 2010s, and inflation-adjusted costs have increased more than elevenfold. [1] The increases have been attributed to climate change, more people moving to coastal areas, [1] and the dramatic increase in construction costs since 1980.
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