Oct 29, 2012
Post Tropical Storm Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in Southeast New York.||Tropical Storm Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. After drifting slowly southwest on October 23, Sandy turned to the north and intensified to a hurricane on October 24, just before making landfall in Jamaica. Hurricane Sandy continued to the north and intensified to a strong category two hurricane before making landfall again in Cuba shortly after Midnight EDT on the 25th. Hurricane Sandy emerged o
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 421130). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Southern Queens County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.