Hurricane Sandy still assails the thoughts of Annie Willis, haunting her with its onrushing black water and the harrowing sound of shattering windows. The storm mauled a cherished home that Willis and her family are still unable to return to, five years since it ravaged New York City. Sandy then turned north, heading parallel to the US east coast before crunching into New Jersey, near Atlantic City, on the evening of 29 October 2012. By now the hurricane is no longer; Sandy becomes a tropical storm. “If Sandy happened again this year I think New York would be operationally better prepared, people would follow evacuation orders better,” said Jacob.

Source: The Guardian October 28, 2017 04:52 UTC