The weather event rankings consider the following: rarity (once every decade, 100 years?), geographical extent (local? regional? national?), monetary impact (costs exceeding $100 million? $1 billion?), duration (days, weeks, months?), and socioeconomic impacts (fatalities, injuries, power outages, transportation, evacuations, homelessness, etc.). Superstorm Sandy. October 28-29. Category 1 Hurricane Sandy transitioned into a monstrous extratropical storm while making landfall along the New Jersey coast, resulting in one of the most intense and damaging East Coast storms of all time. Surging Atlantic waters (8-14 feet) inundated the Jersey shore and low-lying areas of NYC and Long Island, causing estimated damages of at least $60 billion. The storm caused 72 direct deaths (87 indirect) in the United States, the loss of power to 8.5 million homes and businesses, and the cancellation of more than 18,000 airline flights.
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