Hurricane Sandy Facts

1. Super storm Sandy has been labeled by meteorologist as the worse storm of the 21^st Century. The largest tropical storm in the Atlantic and early 1000 miles wide across. The winds gusting up to 90 mph as it hit the Atlantic Coast. 

2. Hurricane Sandy is the tenth hurricane of the 2012 season. 

3. Nicknames of this disastrous storm: "Frankenstorm," "Blizzacane," "Snor-eastercane," and "Superstorm Sandy." "Post Tropical Cyclone Sandy" is the official name from the National Hurricane Center. 

4. The surge of water from Hurricane Sandy, hit Battery Park at 13.88 feet on Monday, October 29, 2012. This broke the record of 10.02 feet water level in 1960, set by Hurricane Donna. 

A record of a 32.5-foot wave, measured by a buoy near the New York Harbor, this was 6.5 feet taller than Hurricane Irene in 2011. 

5. Thousands left homeless in the United States on the East Coast. Millions of residents are without power late October to the early week of November 2012. 

6. About 150 died from this horrific storm. 

7. Total storm damage is in the billions of dollars. It is estimated to be as much as $30 billion in lost businesses and $20 billion in residential property damage. 

8. The damage to the East Coast far exceeds the damage cost wise compared to Hurricane Katrina. 

9. For the first time in 108-year-history of the New York subway system, the transit system had to shut down due to flooding. 

10. The New York Stock Exchange closed their doors for two straight days with no trading. The last time this happened was 1888 for weather related reasons.

Though known as the worst hurricane of the 21st Century, it is not the worst to have hit the United States. 

The death toll is minimal compared to all the hurricanes that hit the states. The hurricane that breaks this record among all others is a hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas in 1900. With 145 mph winds, this hurricane killed 8,000 people. The cost of the damage would equal to over $113 million in today's dollars. 

The most costly hurricane in U.S, history is Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Up to $108 billion in damage in Alabama, Florida Panhandle, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, The Greater New Orleans was hit the worst.

The ten deadliest storms listed below with the death toll of those who lost their lives.  The Great Labor Day Storm of 1935 provided the setting for the movie Key Largo, staring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.