On Monday, 29-10-2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall along the coast of Southern New Jersey on Tuesday bringing hurricane-force winds and heavy rains to a wide swath of the United States East Coast, officials said.
The storm has claimed 11 lives at least.
Storm surf kicked up by the high winds from Hurricane Sandy break onto homes in Southampton, New York October 29,
Floods inundated large number of areas, leaving nearly three million people out of electricity. Some parts of Manhattan also experienced power cuts. It also flooded ground zero.
One of the largest and fiercest storms to menace the East Coast in years, in the initial hours as the superstorm with a reach that spanned nearly 1,000 miles, swamped coastal towns, several areas in New York and New Jersey registering a record level of rainfall and shut down major transportation arteries.
(People stand at the entrance of their home beside a flooded street after Hurricane Sandy past through the village of Sagua La Grande in central Cuba, around 240 km (149 miles) east of Havana October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy closed in on the United States on Saturday as coastal communities along the East Coast scrambled to prepare for torrential rains, high winds, major flooding and power outages a week before the presidential election. )
The storm has claimed 11 lives at least.
Storm surf kicked up by the high winds from Hurricane Sandy break onto homes in Southampton, New York October 29,
Floods inundated large number of areas, leaving nearly three million people out of electricity. Some parts of Manhattan also experienced power cuts. It also flooded ground zero.
One of the largest and fiercest storms to menace the East Coast in years, in the initial hours as the superstorm with a reach that spanned nearly 1,000 miles, swamped coastal towns, several areas in New York and New Jersey registering a record level of rainfall and shut down major transportation arteries.
(People stand at the entrance of their home beside a flooded street after Hurricane Sandy past through the village of Sagua La Grande in central Cuba, around 240 km (149 miles) east of Havana October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy closed in on the United States on Saturday as coastal communities along the East Coast scrambled to prepare for torrential rains, high winds, major flooding and power outages a week before the presidential election. )
