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'''Hurricane Sandy''' was the deadliest and most destructive [[Hurricane |hurricane]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Atlantic_hurricane_season 2012 Atlantic hurricane season], as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. Classified as the eighteenth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_naming named storm], tenth hurricane and second major hurricane of the year, Sandy was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale#Category_3 Category 3] storm at its peak intensity when it made landfall in Cuba.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-SandyTCR-1 [1]] While it was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_Hurricane_Scale#Category_2 Category 2] storm off the coast of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the largest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_tropical_cyclone Atlantic hurricane] on record (as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km)).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-2 [2]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-3 [3]] Estimates as of June 2013 assess damage to have been over $68 billion (2013 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD USD]), a total surpassed only by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina Hurricane Katrina].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-SandyServAssess0513-4 [4]] At least 285 people were killed along the path of the storm in seven countries.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-5 [5]] The severe and widespread damage the storm caused in the United States, as well as its unusual merge with a frontal system, resulted in the nicknaming of the hurricane by the media and several organizations of the U.S. government "Superstorm Sandy".[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-6 [6]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-7 [7]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-8 [8]][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-9 [9]]

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	'''Hurricane Sandy''' was the deadliest and most destructive [[Hurricane \|hurricane]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Atlantic_hurricane_season 2012 Atlantic hurricane season], as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. Classified as the eighteenth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_naming named storm], tenth hurricane and second major hurricane of the year, Sandy was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale#Category_3 Category 3] storm at its peak intensity when it made landfall in Cuba.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SandyTCR_1-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-SandyTCR-1 [1]]</sup> While it was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_Hurricane_Scale#Category_2 Category 2] storm off the coast of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the largest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_tropical_cyclone Atlantic hurricane] on record (as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km)).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-2 [2]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-3 [3]]</sup> Estimates as of June 2013 assess damage to have been over $68 billion (2013 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD USD]), a total surpassed only by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina Hurricane Katrina].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SandyServAssess0513_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-SandyServAssess0513-4 [4]]</sup> At least 285 people were killed along the path of the storm in seven countries.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup> The severe and widespread damage the storm caused in the United States, as well as its unusual merge with a frontal system, resulted in the nicknaming of the hurricane by the media and several organizations of the U.S. government "Superstorm Sandy".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-6 [6]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-7 [7]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-8 [8]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-9 [9]]</sup>		'''Hurricane Sandy''' was the deadliest and most destructive [[Hurricane \|hurricane]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Atlantic_hurricane_season 2012 Atlantic hurricane season], as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. Classified as the eighteenth [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone_naming named storm], tenth hurricane and second major hurricane of the year, Sandy was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale#Category_3 Category 3] storm at its peak intensity when it made landfall in Cuba.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SandyTCR_1-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-SandyTCR-1 [1]]</sup> While it was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_Hurricane_Scale#Category_2 Category 2] storm off the coast of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the largest [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_tropical_cyclone Atlantic hurricane] on record (as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km)).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-2 [2]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-3 [3]]</sup> Estimates as of June 2013 assess damage to have been over $68 billion (2013 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USD USD]), a total surpassed only by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina Hurricane Katrina].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-SandyServAssess0513_4-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-SandyServAssess0513-4 [4]]</sup> At least 285 people were killed along the path of the storm in seven countries.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-5 [5]]</sup> The severe and widespread damage the storm caused in the United States, as well as its unusual merge with a frontal system, resulted in the nicknaming of the hurricane by the media and several organizations of the U.S. government "Superstorm Sandy".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-6 [6]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-7 [7]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-8 [8]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Sandy#cite_note-9 [9]]</sup>