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Hurricane Sandy - Coggle Diagram
Hurricane Sandy
Background
It was fuelled by warm waters in the Caribbean, where it began as a tropical storm
It merged with a weather system along the east coast of America, this transformed it into a superstorm
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Areas Hit include: New York, New Jersey, New England among others
Overall
Largest Atlantic storm on record, extended over 1500km in diameter
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Responses
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Short Term
Provision of food, water and shelter
UN & WFP (world food programme) sent relief supplies for 500,000 people in Cuba
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Issues with
30,000 residents of New York city remained displaced over a year later
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Impacts
Caribbean
Houses destroyed by winds, storm surges, fires from ruptured gas pipes.
Roads were blocked as they were covered in sand and debris, power lines were destroyed
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50 people killed in Haiti and 200,000 left homeless. It destroyed 15,000 homes in Cuba and killed 11 people
North East America
Strong winds, torrential rain and powerful storm surges caused considerable devastation to much of N.E America
Thousands of homes destroyed (600,000 businesses and homes)
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20,000 airline flights cancelled from OCT 27- NOV 1st
Mitigation
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USA
Power companies hired additional contractors in preparation, to restore power quickly
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Schools closed, hurricane centres opened and people moved away from the coast and flood prone areas.