For many centuries, the world has witnessed numerous natural disasters (Josef, 2013). Although many tend to be man-made in regards to terrorism and wars, mother-nature has definitely taken her toll on the share of damage (Josef, 2013). During the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, one of the most destructive hurricanes of the season, as well as the second-costliest hurricane in history to hit the United States took place (Blake, 2012). Hurricane Sandy is known as a; "typical late-season post-tropical cyclone", that swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States during October of 2012 (Toro, 2013). Millions of individuals throughout five Caribbean nations, more specifically; The Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico were affected in result of this historical natural disaster (Toro, 2013). Individuals and properties throughout the United States of America were also affected due to Sandy (Toro, 2013). Hurricane Sandy was primarily associated with a tropical wave that left the West coast of Africa on October 11th, 2012 (Blake, Todd, 2012). The large tropical wave encountered a large upper-level trough over the eastern Atlantic a couple days after leaving Africa which resulted in an extensive area of showers and thunderstorms, but was not strong enough for the development of the hurricane itself (Eric S. Blake, Todd B, 2012). The wave then began to produce little convection near the wave axis for another couple days and passed near a weak pre-existing disturbance in the Intropical Convergence Zone where it began to form into the hurricane which first hit Cuba on October 25th (Sharp, 2012). .
Methodology.
For the purpose of the following paper regarding Hurricane Sandy, a mixed method approach was used. More specifically quantitative data (numbers) was collected through the reading of multiple statistics as well as many graphs and charts in order to better comprehend how many people were affected by the natural disaster.
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