2012: The Year of Storm Surge [1]
Weather.com - 12/31/12, Matt Sampson
Homes in Fenwick Island, Del. are surrounded by floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Officials said Fenwick Island and nearby Bethany Beach appeared to be among the hardest-hit parts of the state. (AP Photo/Randall Chase)
October 29, 2012, the barrier island just over the bridge from Tom’s River, NJ was all but destroyed by storm surge. The force from hurricane Sandy filled living rooms with the Atlantic Ocean, forced new channels that sliced the island into pieces, and erased the landscape.
On another island to the north, Manhattan, water spilled over barriers into the nation’s biggest city, cascading down into the subway, the commuter tunnels, and the construction site at the World Trade Center. Images of cars floating down New York City streets were projected around the world.
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