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Article milestones Date Process Result June 30, 2013 Good article nominee Not listed October 24, 2016 Peer review Not reviewed A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on October 26, 2012. A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on October 29, 2022. Current status: Former good article nominee

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The content of Effects of Hurricane Sandy in the United States was merged into Hurricane Sandy on 1 November 2012. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

Section sizes Section size for Hurricane Sandy (62 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 10,391 10,391 513 513 Meteorological history 8,523 17,245 420 994 Forecasts 1,457 1,457 172 172 Relation to global warming 7,265 7,265 402 402 Preparations 20 62,102 0 2,829 Caribbean and Bermuda 4,927 4,927 333 333 United States 8,088 53,474 371 2,382 Southeast 328 2,755 47 184 Florida 533 533 14 14 Carolinas 1,894 1,894 123 123 Mid-Atlantic 24 28,888 0 1,305 Virginia 2,164 2,164 128 128 Washington, D.C. 2,151 2,151 88 88 Maryland 5,902 5,902 250 250 Delaware 2,510 2,510 96 96 New Jersey 5,569 5,569 251 251 Pennsylvania 1,920 1,920 117 117 New York 8,648 8,648 375 375 New England 5,074 5,074 176 176 Appalachia and the Midwest 8,669 8,669 346 346 Canada 3,681 3,681 114 114 Impact 6,966 77,496 21 3,996 Caribbean 79 10,827 0 644 Jamaica 2,097 2,097 176 176 Hispaniola 4,163 4,163 216 216 Cuba 3,118 3,118 132 132 Bahamas 1,370 1,370 120 120 Bermuda 1,096 1,096 70 70 United States 8,243 55,530 528 3,123 Southeast 21 10,205 0 548 Florida 5,626 5,626 321 321 North Carolina 4,558 4,558 227 227 Mid-Atlantic 24 26,641 0 1,585 Virginia 2,640 2,640 141 141 Maryland and Washington, D.C. 4,516 4,516 201 201 Delaware 2,644 2,644 228 228 New Jersey 2,543 2,543 161 161 Pennsylvania 2,951 2,951 168 168 New York 11,323 11,323 686 686 New England 3,223 3,223 89 89 Appalachia and Midwest 33 7,218 0 373 West Virginia 4,223 4,223 212 212 Ohio 1,123 1,123 76 76 Michigan 311 311 37 37 Kentucky 1,035 1,035 30 30 Tennessee 493 493 18 18 Canada 3,077 3,077 138 138 Aftermath 17 36,808 0 1,804 Relief efforts 14,287 14,287 931 931 Political impact 7,345 7,345 513 513 Financial markets impact 1,169 1,169 86 86 Infrastructure impact 10,005 10,005 100 100 Insurance fraud claims 1,797 1,797 70 70 Baby boom 821 821 52 52 Retirement 1,367 1,367 52 52 Media coverage 5,913 5,913 186 186 See also 761 761 0 0 References 17 98 0 0 Informational notes 50 50 0 0 Citations 31 31 0 0 Further reading 394 394 0 0 External links 4,388 4,388 0 0 Total 215,596 215,596 10,322 10,322

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In between the second and third sentence of Hurricane Sandy#Virginia, please add: Blacksburg had their first measurable October snowfall in 50 years.^[1] 69.120.68.135 (talk) 22:15, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, seems notable enough to add. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 16:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add {{merge|Effects of Hurricane Sandy in Maryland and Washington, D.C.|discussion=Talk:Effects of Hurricane Sandy in Maryland and Washington, D.C.}} to the article to notify people of the merge discussion. 208.116.193.138 (talk) 23:28, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done I placed it as the merge from template. Please follow next steps as detailed by WP:MERGE. Good luck.

RCSCott91 (talk) 02:48, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect The Storm of 2012 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 June 24 § The Storm of 2012 until a consensus is reached. A1Cafel (talk) 14:23, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect Great Storm of 2012 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 June 25 § Great Storm of 2012 until a consensus is reached. A1Cafel (talk) 10:31, 25 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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In the "Impact in the United States" section, under the "New York" subsection, the sentence currently reads:

"Much of Lower Manhattan lost power, and the New York Stock Exchange closed for two consecutive days."

Suggested revision:

"Much of Lower Manhattan lost power, and the New York Stock Exchange was closed for two consecutive days."

Reason: "Was closed" is more precise and formal than "closed" in this passive context, improving clarity and style without changing meaning. Hannah.G.06 (talk) 20:02, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Already done I'm not seeing the quote you are citing anywhere in the article. In that section, it reads: "The New York Stock Exchange was closed for trading for two days..." Nubzor [T][C] 20:20, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]