Hurricane Sandy
- Created by: Ellome Anistan
- Created on: 14-03-18 23:46
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- Hurricane Sandy
- Causes
- Warm ocean water
- Low pressure from the Artic
- Full moon
- High tides
- Economic Impacts
- Total cost of damage is $65 billion in US alone
- Environmental Impacts
- 10 billion tonnes of sewage released
- Money needed to clear it up.
- Potentially harmful to humans and wildlife
- Flooding
- Climate change - the East coast of USA was 3 degrees warmer than it would normally of been
- 10 billion tonnes of sewage released
- Social Impacts
- Airports, roads and schools were closed for several days
- Hard to restart back again
- Loss of tourism
- 233 fatalities
- Subway tunnels flooded due to the east river bursting its banks
- 2 million left without power
- Trees fell on power lines
- In Cuba 55,000 people were evacuated
- In Haiti 200,000 people left homeless
- Airports, roads and schools were closed for several days
- Causes
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