The dramatic late-season storm was observed shortly before making landfall on the U.S. Northeast Coast.
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Remnants of Sandy moved inland on the evening of October 31, 2012.
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Special sensors on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this view of the storm and the East Coast.
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The storm became the Atlantic Ocean basin’s first hurricane of 2017.
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Acquired October 23, 2012, this image shows Tropical Storm Sandy over the Caribbean Sea.
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The VIIRS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this afternoon view of the dangerous storm.
A powerful, dangerous hurricane is poised to hit Mexico.
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This satellite image shows the cloud tops of Hurricane Sandy lit by a nearly full moon.
Acquired October 26, 2012, this natural-color image shows Hurricane Sandy east of Florida.
Isaac, a slow-moving storm, hit the Gulf Coast as a category 1 hurricane on August 28, 2012.
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Tropical Storm Chris intensified off the coast of the eastern United States and became the second hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Matthew gained strength and reached hurricane status on September 29, 2016.
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Acquired August 23, 2009, this true-color image shows Hurricane Bill missing the U.S., apparently headed northward toward Canada.
Special sensors observe the storm by moonlight.