Vocabulary
A storm with a very powerful wind.
What is a hurricane?
Many people couldn’t find help because the emergency systems were overwhelmed with calls, how did some people connect with friends/family to find help?
What is social media?
What were the wind speeds when Sandy became a category one hurricane just south of Jamaica.
What is 90 mph?
On Long Island, about how many people lost power due to the Hurricane?
What is About 640,000 people.
A highway.
What is a parkway?
How many deaths were caused by hurricane sandy.
What is 159?
What was the reason hurricane Sandy was the most damaging Hurricane in the U.S?
What is it was several storms put together?
How many trees fell in just hempstead due to the Hurricane.
What is 79 trees?
A storm with winds of 39-73 mph.
What is a tropical depression?
How much did hurricane Sandy cause in economic damage.
What is $74.8 billion?
What did the wind speeds rise to when the hurricane was passing Eastern Jamaica and Eastern Cuba.
What is 170 mph.
How many buildings did hurricane Sandy destroy in just Nassau and Suffolk.
What is 95,534 buildings?
Losses you suffer because of an accident.
What is economic damage?
How wide was hurricane Sandy when it was three times the size of a typical hurricane.
What is 1,000 miles?
Where did Hurricane Sandy first form as a tropical cyclone.
What is off the Northeast Coast of Nicaragua in the Caribbean sea.
What percent of 948,540 households in Nassau and Suffolk experienced flooding or storm damage.
What is 10%?