By Sid Perkins
Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future
Adam Sobel
HarperCollins, $27.99
Adam Sobel
HarperCollins, $27.99
On October 28, 2012, Superstorm Sandy did something no Atlantic hurricane on record had ever done: The huge storm hooked sharply westward just before it slammed into the Eastern Seaboard. The storm — which technically lost hurricane status when it left the tropics but packed hurricane-force winds when it made landfall — killed 117 in the United States and caused up to $65 billion in damage. Arriving at high tide, Sandy flooded parts of New York City’s subway system.