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48 pages colour illustrations, maps Contents includes : What is a hurricane? -- How Sandy formed -- Preparing for Sandy -- Flooding -- Supersizing Sandy -- Sand and snow -- Landfall : New Jersey -- Sea Bright devastation -- Coastal damage -- Inland floods -- Landfall : New York City -- NYC's transit system -- Long Island -- Breezy Point, Queens -- Red Hook, Brooklyn -- Manhattan hospitals -- Staten Island -- Staten Island help -- Rebuilding after Sandy -- Future superstorms Summary : By the time Sandy had hit New York City in October 2012, it had left a trail of death and destruction across the Caribbean and the eastern seaboard of the United States. Affecting 24 U.S. states, Sandy is the second-costliest superstorm in United States history. This book follows the timeline of the superstorm and features personal accounts by those who experienced the destruction in many New York City and New Jersey neighbourhoods Disaster alert!