Hurricane Sandy

Feb 12 2013 Sandy was a classic late-season hurricane in the southwestern Caribbean Sea. The cyclone made landfall as a category 1 hurricane (on the ...

Aug 6 2013 will refer to the storm as “Hurricane Sandy” or simply “Sandy.” For more informafion

Mar 28 2013 Sandy's history. • Became a hurricane before hitting Jamaica and a major hurricane just before hitting eastern Cuba.

Feb 15 2013 In Haiti

Jan 24 2013 NOAA NOS Hurricane Sandy Water Level & Meteorological Data Report. 2. Overview. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ...

Twitter during Hurricane Sandy (2012) to spread fake im- ages about the disaster. We identified 10

made landfall its tropical-storm-force winds it more than three times the size of Hurricane. Katrina. ... Tropical Storm Sandy

Rebuilding NYC After Hurricane Sandy. SandyRebuilding@buildings.nyc.gov. New Code + Zoning Standards build safe

May 1 2013 The storm impacted another 22 schools that either lost power or were used as emergency evacuation sites. Page 19. NYC Hurricane Sandy After ...

Nov 15 2012 of Hurricane Sandy reinforced the importance of having multiple modes of transportation in the New York Region: subways

Sandy has become a Category 1 hurricane as it moves northward across the Caribbean and crosses Jamaica with winds of 80 mph Although Sandy’s eye does not cross the Dominican Republic and Haiti to its east the storm dumps more than 20 inches of rain on Hispaniola

Sandy was a classic late-season hurricane in the southwestern Caribbean Sea The cyclone made landfall as a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) in Jamaica and as a 100-kt category 3 hurricane in eastern Cuba before quickly weakening to a category 1 hurricane while moving through the central and northwestern Bahamas

Nov 14 2013 · state local and tribal response to Hurricane Sandy guided by the National Response Framework and within seven days 17000 federal responders were on the ground including more than 5000 FEMA employees – representing one of the largest personnel deployments in FEMA’s history

The Sandy Recovery Office (SRO) was created with federal state and local partners on January 15 2014 to help plan and implement recovery projects and coordinate among the many state and local governments present in the impacted area Figure 1 Hurricane Sandy's impacts were felt across 24 states Source: Fema gov

The Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force cut red tape and identified and worked to remove obstacles to resilient rebuilding while taking into account existing and future climate change risks and promoting the long-term sustainability of communities and ecosystems in the Sandy-affected region Examples of those efforts include:

Hurricane Sandy struck the United States in October 2012 causing an estimated $65 billion in damages FEMA provides assistance to survivors through IHP and other programs Part of its mission is to provide assistance quickly but GAO previously identified weaknesses in FEMA’s ability to do so while protecting government resources

response and recovery following Hurricane Sandy HRO administers the US HUD-funded Build It Back program which has helped 12500 families recover from Hurricane Sandy The Build It Back Single-Family Program was designed to assist owners of properties with one- to four-unit homes affected by Hurricane Sandy Program participants received assistance

Overview – Damage from Hurricane Sandy Storm presented two main types of flood hazards – stillwater flooding and wave action 2 Depth of Storm Surge (feet) Atlantic Coast shorelines (e g SI South Shore Rockaways) faced storm surge plus wave action Damage from flooding and impact of wave action Severe structural damage

Hurricane Sandy provides important lessons about our vulnerability to the kinds of extreme weather likely to become more common in a warming world Our levees sea walls and other infrastructure were built to cope with the extreme weather risks of the 20th century