Sandy’s Two-Fisted Attack: Water From Air And Sea Filed by KOSU
News in Science. November 1, 2012 On Monday, Sandy brought heavy
rain, winds and storm surges to the Northeast, causing
widespread flooding and extensive damage to hundreds of
communities, particularly in New Jersey and New York. But the
drenching from all that water varied greatly by region. In areas
south of Atlantic City, N.J., where the storm made landfall
Monday night, the wind was pushing out toward the ocean. This
prevented high storm tides along the Virginia, Maryland and
Delaware coasts and in Chesapeake Bay. But the same arm of the
storm that held the ocean at bay carried a lot of rain. Some
parts of Maryland saw 12.5 inches of rain as Sandy passed
through, according to the National Weather Service. That’s
nearly a quarter of Maryland’s total rainfall in 2011 — about 51
inches — a large portion of which fell during Hurricane Irene.
Delaware and New Jersey also recorded high rain levels matching
Irene’s deluge. All the rain Maryland got