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Storm damage wreaks havoc on US coast

Authorities on the North East coast of the United States have begun repairing damaged highways and road bridges as part of a multi-billion dollar huge clean-up operation following the recent devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy. More than 250 people were killed in the superstorm that also wreaked havoc in parts of the Caribbean and Mid-Atlantic, with lesser impacts also felt in South Eastern and Mid-West American states and Eastern Canada, in late October 2012. This photograph taken of a Hurricane Sandy-hi
December 21, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
Authorities on the North East coast of the United States have begun repairing damaged highways and road bridges as part of a multi-billion dollar huge clean-up operation following the recent devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.

More than 250 people were killed in the superstorm that also wreaked havoc in parts of the Caribbean and Mid-Atlantic, with lesser impacts also felt in South Eastern and Mid-West American states and Eastern Canada, in late October 2012.

This photograph taken of a Hurricane Sandy-hit highway in New Jersey is among many visual examples of how the superstorm tore through many seaside communities on the North East coast of America.  While Sandy was a Category 1 storm off the North Eastern coast of the United States, it became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, with winds reported as spanning 1,800km. Early reported calculations put the damage repair bill at upwards of US$20 billion. Preliminary estimates of losses including disruption to business, are reported to have surpassed $50 billion.

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