SANDYFROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM TO A HISTORIC “SUPER

STORM” IN EIGHT DAYSPart 2

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of

North Carolina, USA

AT 8:00 PM ON OCTOBER 29, SANDYBECAME THE MOST DEVASTATING CAT

1 HURRICANE TO HIT THE EASTERN USA IN RECORDED HISTORY

(PRESSURE– 940 Mb)

October 29– November ?, 2012

CAT 1 HURRICANE SANDY MADE LANDFALL AT 8:00 PM ON

MONDAY NIGHT, OCT. 29TH

Sandy made landfall south of Atlantic City, New Jersey, merging with a winter storm system to become a unique, once-in-a-

century, “Super Storm” caused by nature’s natural cycles, NOT global warming

FORTY DEATHS ALONG EASTERN SEABOARD

(as of Oct. 30)

Preliminary Loss Estimate:

$50 Billion

SANDY CAUSES 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO BE PLACED ON HOLD

Election to take place on November 6th

FROM AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM TO A

SUPER STORM

AN ORDINARY TROPICAL STORM ON OCTOBER 22

SANDY MADE LANDFALL IN NEW JERSEY: 8:00 PM, OCT. 29

SUPER STORM SANDY: OCT. 29-30, 2012

OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: NEW YORK

THE SUDDENNESS AND THE RECORD HEIGHT OF THE STORM SURGE

CAUSED HAVOC

STORM SURGE SET NEW RECORD WITHOUT BENEFIT OF FULL-MOON HIGH TIDE

13 ft (4 1/3 m); a new record

Sustained winds of 133 kph (80 mph).

ATLANTIC CITY AND NEW YORK ON NORTH SIDE OF EYE AT LANDFALL

• Exacerbated flooding in Atlantic City, NJ destroys Boardwalk

• Hundreds of thousands in NJ without power

LANDFALL (Continued)

• Con. Edison shut off power for 250,000 in lower Manhattan.

• Record flooding quickly inundated tip of Manhattan.

• All of New York City flooded.• Brooklyn Battery tunnel flooded.

FLOODING IN BROOKLYN

NY HOSPITALS IMPACTED

FLOODING, POWER OUTAGES, AND AN EMERGENCY EVACUATION

LIMIT SERVICES

NEW YORK CITY ON LOCK DOWN

ROADS CLOSED

TUNNELS CLOSED

SUBWAY, TRAINS, AND AIRPORTS CLOSED

WIDE-SPREAD POWER OUTAGES

HIGH VOLUME OF 911 CALLS THAT CAN’T BE ANSWERED EFFICIENTLY

STOCK EXCHANGES CLOSED

SCHOOLS CLOSED

WATER AND FIRE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN

QUEENS, NY

Fire fighters unable to cope with flooding and fire as 80

houses burn to ground

OCT. 29: FLOODED STREETS IN QUEENS

OCT. 29: FIRE IN QUEENS

OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: NEW JERSEY

NO PART OF NEW JERSEY WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE TH EXCEPTIONAL

AND UNTHINKABLE FLOODING FROM SANDY’S STORM SURGE

NEW JERSEY: ATLANTIC CITY UNDER WATER

NEW JERSEY: OCEAN FRONT FLOODING

NEW JERSEY: STREET FLOODING

OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: MASSACHUSSETS

HUGE WAVES HIT SEA WALL: SCIUATE, MASS

OCT. 29 HIGHLIGHTS: DELAWARE

REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE: OCT. 29