hurricane sandy

• | key facts

  • travelled across caribbean sea
  • affected jamaica, cuba, haiti
  • reached new jersey on 29th October 2012
  • ≈ 130 km per hour of wind speeds
  • storm surges caused most of the damage to the east coast states
  • twitter & photographs uploaded to Flickr helped damage assessment
• | impacts of hurricane sandy

  • SOCIAL
  • 150 died
  • areas left without electricity
  • schools closed for days
  • homes & businesses damaged
• | impacts of hurricane sandy

  • ECONOMIC
  • $65 billion property damage
  • government had to pay for petrol as supplies ran out
  • income from tourism affected by cancellation of NY marathon
• | impacts of hurricane sandy

  • ENVIRONMENTAL
  • storm surges caused most caused lots of damage to nature reserves like prime hook national wildlife refuge
  • raw sewage leaked into the waters around New York & New Jersey, damaging habitats
• | responses to hurricane sandy

  • INDIVIDUALS: concert of sandy relief with artists like Jovi
  • ORGANISATIONS: american Red Cross provided relief to victims
  • government: billions of dollars were voted through legislation to help rebuild & support victims