Question: Stephen Farrell reported on the most destructive hurricane of what season, when it hit the northeastern United States?

Hurricane Diane was the costliest Atlantic hurricane of its time.  One of three hurricanes to hit North Carolina during the 1955 Atlantic hurricane season, it formed on August 7 from a tropical wave between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.  Diane initially moved west-northwestward with little change in its intensity, but began to strengthen rapidly after turning to the north-northeast.  On August 12, the hurricane reached peak sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h), making it a Category 3 hurricane.  Gradually weakening after veering back west, Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, as a strong tropical storm on August 17, just five days after Hurricane Connie struck near the same area.  Diane weakened further after moving inland, at which point the United States Weather Bureau noted a decreased threat of further destruction.  The storm turned to the northeast, and warm waters from the Atlantic Ocean helped produce record rainfall across the northeastern United States.  On August 19, Diane emerged into the Atlantic Ocean southeast of New York City, becoming extratropical two days later and completely dissipating by August 23. <SEP>  Since 2012, Farrell has been based in New York and has reported on domestic US news stories such as Hurricane Sandy. Stephen Farrell is a journalist who holds both Irish and British citizenship.  Farrell began his career in the United Kingdom and worked for the "The Times" from 1995 to 2007 for whom he reported from Kosovo, India, Afghanistan and the Middle East, including Iraq.  In 2007, he joined "The New York Times", and reported from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Libya. <SEP> Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as "Superstorm Sandy") was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, and the second-costliest hurricane in United States history.  Classified as the eighteenth named storm, tenth hurricane and second major hurricane of the year, Sandy was a Category 3 storm at its peak intensity when it made landfall in Cuba.  While it was a Category 2 hurricane off the coast of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1100 mi ).  Estimates as of 2015 assessed damage to have been about $75 billion (2012 USD), a total surpassed only by Hurricane Katrina.  At least 233 people were killed along the path of the storm in eight countries. <SEP> Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas and Florida in mid-August 1992, the most destructive hurricane to ever hit the state.  It was the strongest in decades and the costliest hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the United States until it was surpassed by Katrina in 2005.  Andrew caused major damage in the Bahamas and Louisiana, but the greatest impact was felt in South Florida, with sustained wind speeds as high as 165 mph (270 km/h).  Passing directly through the city of Homestead in Dade County (now known as Miami-Dade County), it stripped many homes of all but their concrete foundations.  In total, it destroyed more than 63,500 houses, damaged more than 124,000 others, caused $26.5 billion in damage, and left 65 people dead.