Hurricane Sandy and Typhoon Haiyan

Hurricane Sandy

• Altantic - Eastern US and Caribbean
• HIC - USA
• Category 3 at peak but Cateogory 2 off the north east coast of USA
• 148 direct deaths and 138 indirect deaths
• Displaced 21 people
• Total damage is $68 billion - total for USA is $65 billiom
• In Haiti 200,000 people left homeless
• Climate change - the East coast of USA was 3 degrees warmer than it would normally…