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  1. On October 24, Sandy became a hurricane, made landfall near Kingston, Jamaica, re-emerged a few hours later into the Caribbean Sea and strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane. On October 25, Sandy hit Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane, then weakened to a Category 1 hurricane.

  2. 3 days ago · Superstorm Sandy, 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.

  3. Oct 24, 2022 · Superstorm Sandy didn't technically make landfall as a hurricane or tropical storm, but when it finally came ashore near Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the evening of Oct. 29, 2012, it did...

  4. Jul 13, 2013 · 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.

  5. Feb 11, 2019 · On October 22, 2012, a tropical depression formed off the northeast coast of Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea. Two days later, it strengthened and officially became a Category 1 hurricane as...

  6. Hurricane Sandy was the 18th named tropical cyclone of the busy 2012 Atlantic hurricane season that produced a total of 19 named storms. Sandy’s path took it across the central Caribbean before it tracked northward across Jamaica, eastern Cuba, and the Bahamas.

  7. Sep 27, 2023 · Hurricane Sandy first made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 1 hurricane on October 24, 2012. The following day, it raked a path of destruction across Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas.

  8. Oct 28, 2022 · Oct. 11-26, 2012. Sandy’s Beginning. A tropical wave leaves the west coast of Africa and within a week reaches the Caribbean Sea, where it develops into a hurricane by Oct. 24. It...

  9. Dec 12, 2013 · The Northeast region recovers from the massive storm, which blew through coastal regions late Oct. 29, killed more than 100 people, and destroyed homes and businesses.

  10. Oct 28, 2012 · A 13-day chronicle of the devastating East Coast storm and its aftermath that killed more than 100 people, left tens of thousands homeless, crippled mass transit, triggered paralyzing gas...