page_title: Hurricane Sandy (2012)
section_title: United States
hierarchical_section_title: Hurricane Sandy (2012) / Preparation / United States
caption_attribution_description: English: In advance of hurricane Sandy, the New York City Subway system suspended service at 7 p.m. (19:00). Times Square station, which is normally the busiest in the system, is empty.
context_page_description: Hurricane Sandy was an Atlantic tropical cyclone which affected parts of the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012, and became the largest Atlantic hurricane in diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles. It made landfall on the East Coast of the United States and Eastern Canada. Sandy is the eighteenth tropical cyclone, eighteenth named storm, and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22. It quickly got bigger and stronger after becoming a tropical depression. It was then upgraded to a tropical storm six hours later. Sandy moved slowly northward toward the Greater Antilles and got stronger. On October 24, Sandy made landfall in Jamaica and was upgraded to a hurricane. Sandy made a second landfall in Cuba, where it became a Category 3 hurricane.
  At least 43 people were killed: 40 in the Caribbean and three in the Bahamas. On October 25, Sandy got weaker and became a Category 1 hurricane. On October 27, Sandy became a tropical storm for a few hours. It then became a Category 1 hurricane again that morning. On October 26, Washington, D.C.
context_section_description: Many public schools on the Treasure Coast and in Palm Beach County, Florida were closed for Friday October 26. FEMA announced that they will monitor Sandy and help those in need.
  Government weather forecasters said there is a 90% chance that the East Coast of the United States get "slammed".  Utilities and governments along the East Coast prepared for long-term power failures.  In New Jersey, where the storm was expected to come ashore, utilities told employees to be prepared for longer shifts.
  On October 26, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue declared a state of emergency for 38 counties. The emergency took effect on October 27. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney cancelled a campaign in Virginia Beach because of Sandy. Joe Biden also cancelled his campaign because of Sandy. The US Navy sent more than two dozen ships to sea from Norfolk Naval Base, for their protection. On October 26, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray declared a state of emergency for the nation's capital. That same day the governors of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia also declared a state of emergency.
  In Cape May County, New Jersey, officials ordered residents on barrier islands to evacuate
  Philadelphia's Mayor Michael Nutter asked residents in low lying areas to leave their home by 2 p.m October 28.
  In New York City, officials activated the city's coastal emergency plan. The subways closed. There were also evacuations for residents in areas where Hurricane Irene made landfall in August 2011. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that some residents should prepare to evacuate. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for every county in the state. On Long Island, Suffolk County officials ordered a mandatory evacuation of Fire Island residents.  Cuomo went on to declared that Hurricane Sandy had been “more impactful” than Hurricane Katrina.
  Connecticut's Governor Dan Malloy opened the state's Emergency Operations Center on October 26. Malloy signed a Declaration of Emergency the next day.
  Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick declared a state of emergency.
caption: Times Square subway station shutdown during hurricane Sandy
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