Emphysema Emphysema is a chronic lung condition that causes shortness of breath, a chronic cough, wheezing, and more. Atrial fibrillation Atrial fibrillation is a heart condition that causes heart palpitations, confusion, dizziness and more.
Email. Hurricane Sandy is expected to affect between 50 million and 60 million people, emergency management and weather officials warned Saturday afternoon.
The Most Destructive U.S. Hurricanes of All Time. Hurricanes have been menacing the U.S. as long as anyone can remember, but the monetary damages the storms have caused has increased in recent years, as this TIME photo collection shows. The devastation from Hurricane Sandy â later dubbed a âSuperstormâ â rang in at $65 billion, leaving 72 people dead and more than 6 million homeless. Does that mean hurricanes are getting more powerful or more common? Not necessarily.