Skating the broken roads in NC during Hurricane Sandy. Here are 5 amazing facts about the hurricane

Hurricane Sandy, sometimes referred to as Superstorm Sandy, was one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes of 2012. It cost the US $60-70 billion in damages and at least 125 deaths in the United States alone. Here are some amazing facts about the storm:

1. Sandy’s pure kinetic energy for storm surge and wave destruction potential reached a 5.8 out of 6 on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s scale.

2. Hurricane Sandy is the United States’ most expensive storm since Hurricane Katrina, which caused $128 billion in damage.

3. New York was most severely impacted due to damage to subways and roadway tunnels.

4. In New York and New Jersey, storm surges were 14 ft above the average low tide.

5. At the height of the storm, over 7.5 million people were without power.

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