Sandy moved slowly northward toward the greater antilles and gradually intensified. Below we’ll explore the fascinating dynamics behind sandy’s formation, its unprecedented path, and the sheer scale of devastation it caused. Read cnn’s fast facts on hurricane sandy
Sandy Johnson
Flash flooding and coastal surges killed 147 people
It was among the most costly natural disasters in u.s
By monday october 22, 2012, this area of convection eventually developed into tropical storm sandy, becoming the 18th named storm of the atlantic hurricane season From this point, tropical storm sandy turned and moved northward, making landfall in jamaica as a category 1 hurricane on october 24th. 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.
