Hurricane Sandy, after killing at least 69 people in the Caribbean, streamed northward, merged with two wintry weather systems and socked the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes with wind, waves, rain and snow. Some figures associated with Sandy's rampage through the U.S., as of Wednesday night:
? Maximum size of storm: 1,000 miles across
? Highest storm surge: 14.6 feet at Bergen Point, N.J.
? Number of states seeing intense effects of the storm: At least 17
? Deaths: At least 74
? Damage: Estimated property losses at $20 billion, ranking the storm among the most expensive U.S. disasters
? Top wind gust on land in the U.S.: 90 mph Islip, N.Y., and Robbins Reef, N.J.
? Power outages at peak: More than 8.5 million
? Canceled airline flights: More than 19,500
? Most rainfall: 12.55 inches, at Easton, Md.
? Most snow: 34 inches at Gatlinburg, Tenn.
? Evacuation zone: Included communities in more than 400 miles of coastline from Ocean City, Md., to Dartmouth, Mass.
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Sources: National Weather Service, FlightAware, Weather Underground, AP reporting
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/superstorm-sandys-extremes-numbers-042010809.html
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