Wicked Weather

  • Released Tuesday, November 6, 2012
  • Updated Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 1:23PM
  • ID: 11123
Hurricane Sandy terrorized the U.S. East Coast before its timely demise on Halloween.

Hurricane Sandy terrorized the U.S. East Coast before its timely demise on Halloween.

Hurricane Sandy crept north on Oct. 28-29. The animation shows the storm's movement in the daylight hours of both days.

On Oct. 23, Tropical Depression 18 extended more than 280 miles over the eastern Caribbean Sea and strengthened into Hurricane Sandy.

On Oct. 23, Tropical Depression 18 extended more than 280 miles over the eastern Caribbean Sea and strengthened into Hurricane Sandy.

Tracking north along the coast of the Carolinas as a Category 1 storm, Sandy was still 575 miles south of New York City on Oct. 28.

Tracking north along the coast of the Carolinas as a Category 1 storm, Sandy was still 575 miles south of New York City on Oct. 28.

By the afternoon of Oct. 29, Sandy was 110 miles southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and would soon make landfall.

By the afternoon of Oct. 29, Sandy was 110 miles southeast of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and would soon make landfall.

Sandy covered most of the East Coast and kicked up turbid water along Florida on Oct. 30, as seen in this southward-looking image.

Sandy covered most of the East Coast and kicked up turbid water along Florida on Oct. 30, as seen in this southward-looking image.

Remnants of the storm, with clouds illuminated by moonlight, passed over Pennsylvania before dawn on Oct. 31.

Remnants of the storm, with clouds illuminated by moonlight, passed over Pennsylvania before dawn on Oct. 31.

For More Information

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Credits

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Cover image and animation courtesy of NASA/NOAA GOES Project Science Team
Oct. 23 image courtesy of NASA/GSFC MODIS Rapid Response Team
Oct. 28, 29 and 31 images courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen, using Suomi NPP VIIRS data provided by Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

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