Satellite Image of Hurricane Sandy Destruction
GeoEye (0.5m) Satellite Image of Hurricane Sandy Destruction
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Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, and Eastern Canada in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km). Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion dollars.
Pre and Post Hurricane Sandy of Seaside Heights, New Jersey. GeoEye-1 (0.5m) satellite collected these satellite images on September 7, 2010 (below) and October 31, 2012 (above). This comparison of satellite images shows heavy damage to the Casino Beach Pier and Amusement Park, in addition to debris, sand and beach erosion in Seaside Heights, New Jersey area.
GeoEye (0.5m) Satellite Image of Seaside Heights in New Jersey Pre Hurricane Sandy
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