Foto-Foto Badai Sandy

Badai Sandy

Apa itu Badai Sandy

Foto-Foto Badai Sandy -- Badai ini bermula dari arah Karibia, dan bergerak ke pesisir timur Amerika, dimana badai ini bertemu dengan angin dingin dari arah utara. Sebuah badai besar pun terbentuk dengan kecepatan angin mencapai 130 kilometer perjam, dan disertai hujan.

Hantaman badai besar terjadi di Amerika Serikat sejak Senin dinihari, 29 Oktober 2012. Angin kencang ini bernama "Sandy". 

Sebutan Sandy berasal dari pusaran badai di Atlantik yang berbentuk huruf S, jika dilihat dari atas. Organisasi Meteorologi Dunia-lah yang memberikan julukan ini.

Badai Sandy yang menerjang beberapa kawasan di Amerika Serikat tersebut mendapatkan julukan Frankenstorm. Nama Frankenstorm diambil karena badai ini menerpa negeri Paman Sam bertepatan dengan waktu perayaan acara tahunan berjudul Halloween. Karena karakteristiknya yang menakutkan, kuat dan misterius seperti karakteristik Frankenstein, maka banyak orang menyebut badai Sandy ini dengan sebutan lain Frankenstorm.

Julukan ini datang dari James Cisco, peramal cuaca dari Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, College Park, Maryland.

Pengamat badai memasukkan Frankenstorm ini ke dalam kategori 1 atau Category 1 Hurricane. Semua badai yang masuk dalam kategori 1 ini mempunyai kecepatan angin sebesar 74-95 mph atau > 119-153 km/jam. Selain memiliki kecepatan terpa yang tinggi, badai Sandy juga hadir disertai dengan awan atau kabut pekat serta hujan badai yang lebat.

Hingga hari ini badai masih juga belum berakhir. Menurut Pusat Badai Nasional AS, pusat badai Sandy yang berada di Philadelphia, kini, bergerak ke arah utara menyisir pesisir timur Amerika. Obama pun meminta warganya untuk mengikuti petunjuk pemerintah setempat dalam menghadapi badai ini.

Berikut Foto-foto dari Badai Sandy tersebut.

Gelombang besar menghantam sebuah dermaga di Atlantic City, New Jersey, Senin (29/10/2012), menjelang kedatangan Badai Sandy. Gelombang yang dipicu badai telah mencapai daratan dan air pun membanjiri wilayah permukiman di sekitarnya. Pemerintah di wilayah-wilayah yang menjadi jalur badai memperingatkan warganya bahwa bahaya badai tersebut "tidak bisa diperkirakan" dan memerintahkan warga masing-masing, dari wilayah New England sampai North Carolina, untuk mengungsi ke tempat-tempat yang telah disediakan pemerintah.

Gelombang menghantam Winthrop Shore Drive ketika Badai Sandy mendekati wilayah pesisir Winthrop, Massachusetts, Senin (29/10/2012). Kedatangan badai super di wilayah Pantai Timur Amerika ini berdampak pada 50 juta warga AS. Badai Sandy diprediksi menyebabkan hujan berhari-hari, angin berkecepatan tinggi, dan kemungkinan hujan salju di wilayah itu.

Pemandangan di salah satu sudut Manhattan, New York City, selama hujan deras yang ditimbulkan Badai Sandy, Senin (29/10/2012). Badai Sandy diprediksi menyebabkan hujan berhari-hari, angin berkecepatan tinggi, dan kemungkinan hujan salju di wilayah-wilayah yang dilaluinya. Gubernur New York mengumumkan penutupan semua layanan transportasi, baik bus dan kereta api, sejak Minggu malam.

Bagian muka sebuah gedung apartemen hancur diterjang angin kencang yang dibawa Badai Sandy di kawasan Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. Badai Sandy diprediksi menyebabkan hujan berhari-hari, angin berkecepatan tinggi, dan kemungkinan hujan salju di wilayah-wilayah yang dilaluinya. Gubernur New York mengumumkan penutupan semua layanan transportasi, baik bus dan kereta api, sejak Minggu malam.

A flooded street is seen at nightfall during rains from Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sandy made landfall over Southern New Jersey today

CCTV photo released by The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey shows flood waters from Sandy rushing in to the Hoboken PATH station through an elevator shaft on October 29, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Monster storm Sandy left at least 12 people dead in the US and Canada as it swept churning sea water and driving rain onto the eastern seabord, flooding major cities and leaving chaos in its wake.

Flood waters surround a ConEd truck outside a power plant in New York, October 29, 2012. Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, roared ashore with fierce winds and heavy rain near Atlantic City, New Jersey after forcing evacuations, shutting down transportation and interrupting the presidential campaign.REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

FDNY fire and rescue personnel lead a boat of ConEd power workers through flood waters after their power station was over fun by flood waters in New York, October 29, 2012. Nineteen workers were trapped inside a Consolidated Edison power station on the east side of Manhattan Monday night by rising floodwaters that accompanied the surge from powerful storm Sandy, according to a Reuters witness. A rescue worker said the station had suffered an explosion inside. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

A man stands in front of a flooded building in Manhattan as Hurricane Sandy made its approach in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy is shaping up to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States but even with the severe damage that is expected, the blow to the economy is seen as short-term. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
A man stands in front of a flooded building in Manhattan as Hurricane Sandy made its approach in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy is shaping up to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States but even with the severe damage that is expected, the blow to the economy is seen as short-term. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

A man takes a photo of floodwaters near the Brooklyn waterfront in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said on Sunday. REUTERS/Keith Bedford
A man takes a photo of floodwaters near the Brooklyn waterfront in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said on Sunday. REUTERS/Keith Bedford

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 29: A flooded street, caused by Hurricane Sandy, is seen on October 29, 2012, in the Financial District of New York, United States. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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