Hurricane Sandy was an extremely large and devastating tropical cyclone which ravaged the Caribbean and the coastal Mid-Atlantic region of the United States in late October 2012. It was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds spanning 1,150 miles (1,850 km). The storm inflicted nearly US$70 billion in damage, and killed 254 people in eight countries, from the Caribbean to Canada. The eighteenth named storm, tenth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Sandy was a Category 3 storm at its peak intensity when it made landfall in Cuba, though most of the damage it caused was after it became a Category 1–equivalent extratropical cyclone off the coast of the Northeastern United States. Category 3 hurricane: peak winds of 115 mph (100 knots), lowest pressure 940 mb. October 21 – October 31, 2012. Landfalls: October 24 at 85 mph, 17.9°N 76.6°W; October 25 at 115 mph, 20.0°N 76.0°W; October 29 at 80 mph, 39.4°N 74.4°W. Accumulated cyclone energy: 13.7. Wiki link Track: NOAA National Hurricane Center, HURDAT2 best track AL182012 (public domain).