Originally Published by EarthSky — October 29, 2012 was a great and bad day for meteorology. Hurricane Sandy – unofficially known as Superstorm Sandy – was making landfall, affecting millions of people along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coasts. It was to be the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history.
First Study of Climate Effects of Arctic Hurricanes
– Though it seems like an oxymoron, Arctic hurricanes happen, complete with a central “eye,” extreme low barometric pressure and towering 30-foot waves that can sink small ships and coat metal platforms with thick ice.
Radar satellite reveals guts of hurricane Sandy
– It may look like an accident with some Play-Doh, but this is actually the interior structure of hurricane Sandy.
Slow-moving hurricanes such as Sandy on the rise
– Sandy will linger for days over the US east coast. Climate change means future hurricanes will be more likely to behave this way too
Hurricane Sandy at Night
– This satellite image shows the cloud tops of Hurricane Sandy lit by a nearly full moon.