Sandy developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22, quickly strengthened, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Sandy six hours later. Sandy moved slowly northward toward the Greater Antilles and gradually intensified.
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. Flash flooding and coastal surges killed 147 people. It was among the most costly natural disasters in U.S. history.
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 and the Caribbean.
Sandy formed in the central Caribbean on and intensified into a hurricane as it tracked north across Jamaica, eastern Cuba and the Bahamas. Sandy moved northeast of the United States until turning west toward the middle Atlantic coast on the 28th.
Hurricane Sandy was the most devastating storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. Explore the timeline and effects of this historic superstorm.
Sandy underwent a complex evolution and grew considerably in size while over the Bahamas, and continued to grow despite weakening into a tropical storm north of those islands.
Although Sandy did not make landfall across south Florida, it did have a significant impact, most notably with regard to the large swells produced by Sandy’s large wind field and their impacts on coastal flooding.
Hall of Fame pitcher and Dodgers icon Sandy Koufax has won the sixth Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest.
Sandy Koufax has won the sixth Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest. The Hall of Fame pitcher was honored Thursday with an annual distinction.