Superstorm Sandy hit New York City on October 29, 2012 and was the deadliest storm of that hurricane season. Over 48 hours, it damaged or destroyed nearly 800 buildings in the city, including ...

Sandy had weakened by the time it reached the Northeast from the Caribbean, exemplifying why it’s less likely for a Category 4 or Category 5 hurricane to hit the New York City area.

Hurricane Sandy struck with a vengeance on Oct. 29, 2012, causing unprecedented destruction as 80 mph winds and record storm surges wreaked havoc across the East Coast. Take a look back at the ...

When Hurricane Sandy hit New York City 10 years ago, leading to at least 43 deaths and an estimated $19 billion in damages, New York Times photographers fanned across the metropolitan area to ...

In October 2012, one of the largest and most destructive storms to emerge from the Atlantic devastated the US and Caribbean.

New York’s criticism of Amtrak intensified shortly after Duffy announced in mid-April that it would be in charge of Penn ...

When Hurricane Sandy ripped through New York City in late October of 2012—leaving 43 dead and $19 billion in damages—it struck a blow to NYCHA’s Red Hook Houses, a 40-acre complex nestled into ...

Harsh weather will only be more frequent in the future. A team at MIT used its compound flood-modeling method to predict climate change’s influence in New York City through hurricanes. They found that ...

They are New York Task Force One: a search and rescue team made up of the city's elite first responders. They are sent to areas in dire need. In an exercise, they traveled by boat to Kismet on ...

With hurricane season in full effect, New York City is introducing high-tech advancements to prepare for potential emergencies and disasters.

March 2015. Housing Complexes. New York City is awarded a $3 billion FEMA grant to repair and stormproof 33 public housing complexes, where the hurricane’s storm surge flooded buildings and left ...