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LESSONS FROM HURRICANE SANDY - IMUA

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Source: NASA<br />

Source: NASA<br />

Storm History: Hurricane Sandy<br />

• October 22: Tropical<br />

Depression #18 is classified<br />

in the south-central<br />

Caribbean Sea. The<br />

depression is upgraded later<br />

that day, becoming Tropical<br />

Storm Sandy, as it moved<br />

slowly northward.<br />

• October 24: Sandy begins a<br />

period of rapid intensification.<br />

Becomes Cat 1 hurricane<br />

before landfall in eastern<br />

Jamaica, then Cat 3 before<br />

landfall over eastern Cuba.

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