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Climate Change Impacts Explained in Real Time
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Publication Date March 7, 2013 | NASA

Hurricane Sandy 2012

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Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn NY. Photo: Mike, Flickr
Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn NY. Photo: Mike, Flickr

On October 29, 2012, lives were changed forever along the shores of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and in the two dozen United States affected by what meteorologists are calling Superstorm Sandy

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