super storm sandy hit the jersey shore on october 25.
when did super storm sandy hit the jersey shore?
october 25
sandy developed from a tropical wave in the western caribbean sea on october 22, quickly strengthened, and was upgraded to tropical storm sandy six hours later. sandy moved slowly northward toward the greater antilles and gradually intensified. 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. early on october 26, sandy moved through the bahamas. on october 27, sandy briefly weakened to a tropical storm and then restrengthened to a category 1 hurricane. early on october 29, sandy curved west-northwest (the "left turn" or "left hook") and then moved ashore near brigantine, new jersey, just to the northeast of atlantic city, as a post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds. sandy continued drifting inland for another few days while gradually weakening, until it was absorbed by another approaching extratropical storm on november 2.
hurricane sandy
sea level rise creates an issue for seawalls worldwide as it raises both the mean normal water level and the height of waves during extreme weather events, which the current seawall heights may be unable to cope with. the most recent analyses of long, good-quality tide gauge records (corrected for gia and when possible for other vertical land motions by the global positioning system, gps) indicate a mean rate of sea level rise of 1.6–1.8 mm/yr over the twentieth century. the intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc) (1997) suggested that sea level rise over the next 50 – 100 years will accelerate with a projected increase in global mean sea level of +18 cm by 2050 ad. this data is reinforced by hannah (1990) who calculated similar statistics including a rise of between +16-19.3 cm throughout 1900–1988. super storm sandy of 2012 is an example of the devastating effects rising sea levels can cause when mixed with a perfect storm. super storm sandy sent a storm surge of 4–5 m onto new jersey's and new york's barrier island and urban shorelines, estimated at $70 billion in damage. this problem could be overcome by further modelling and determining the extension of height and reinforcement of current seawalls which needs to occur for safety to be ensured in both situations.
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