Hurricane Sandy 2012

Maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h registered near Grand Bahamas. Rainfall measures from 6 to 12 inchesTwo persons were killed including one person who fell trying to repair a window shutter as the storm approached and another who drowned dut to storm surge. Parts of the country lost power and cell service and the Island of Bimini experienced a power outage . Cat island and Exuma received most of the extensive damage with downed trees, utlitlity ploes and strucutral damage to homes. In total across Bahamas 1,030 homes recerived varying levels of damag and 10 % of homes were uninhabitable until repairs were completed. According to the government of Bahamas, the storm affected economic activity and caused damage to public infrastrucutre. Damage was placed at 702.8 USD million or 9 % of GDP.

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