Definition of Hurricane Sandy

At the end of October 2012, one of the most devastating natural disasters in recent history, Hurricane Sandy, took place. The wind from this hurricane reached a velocity close to 200 km / h and its effects were noticed in countries such as Venezuela, Colombia, the Caribbean islands and in a very special way on the east coast of the United States and Canada.

Specific facts about Hurricane Sandy

The total number of victims exceeded one hundred and in the United States alone, more than five million people were left without electricity. Only in Haiti and Cuba there were more than 60 deaths.

New York City was one of the worst hit (22 people died, hundreds of homes were destroyed, and some fires broke out as a result).

The danger The hurricane was not simply due to wind speed but also to rising sea levels.

The consequences affected the main infrastructures in the areas involved, but commerce, daily life and activity were also affected. politics. In this sense, Hurricane Sandy paralyzed all activities.

According to the images obtained from the satellites, the hurricane occurred as a result of low pressures in an area where the sea is very warm. So when the air came into contact with the surface of the water there was a heating of the air that when ascending created the typical tropical storm or hurricane.

Regarding the news it generated, it should be noted that terms were used that expressed the strong impact of the hurricane: ferocity, devastation, historical storm, high alert or superstorm

Its impact was so great that the president of the United States himself addressed the country on television to communicate a message of solidarity with the victims and to convey an idea of ​​national unity in the face of adversity.

The possible relationship with climate change

Some meteorologists and experts in climatology consider that Hurricane Sandy could be related to the climate change that affects the planet as a whole. This idea is based on data collected on humidity, increase in temperature on the water surface and wind speed.

The atypical intensity of Hurricane Sandy has caught the attention of climate change scholars. They consider that it is very possible that it is something more than a simple hurricane and it is feasible that it is an indicator of the new horizon of the weather on our planet.

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