Super storm Sandy

• Sandy went across the Caribbean. It affected Jamaica, Cuba and Haiiti before hitting the USA.
• On the 29th of October 2012 it hit New Jersey.
• When Sandy hit land it had speeds of up to 129 km/h.
• The East coast states were mostly affected by storm surges.
• People uploading pictures to socail media helped with damage assesment

Social:

• Death toll: at least 150.
• No electricity for a lot of people.
• Destruction of homes and businesses.
• Schools closed.

Economic:

• $65 billion property damage.
• The New York maraton was cancelled, costing the goverment a ton of toursim income.

Enviromental:

• Coastal nature reserves were destroyed.
• Raw sewage leaked into the water and killed all of the fish.

Individuals: There was a Sandy relief concert held.

Organisations: The American Red cross helped to provide aid to those that needed it.

Goverment: They spent billions of dollars on rebuilding. In NYC there was a new goverment headquaters set up to aid the building.

For a tropical cyclone you have studied in a named developed country, explain two enviromental impacts.

One of the enviromental impacts of Hurricane Sandy was pollution of water sources. Te storm surges from the hurricane caused large-scale flooding, which resulted in raw sewage leaking into nearby water sources and damaging habitats. Another environmental impact was the damage to coastal nature reserves. For example, the storm surge caused damage to the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Delaware.

Key tip: always use the located examples you were taught in class so that you have more detail.