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How Do This Year's Storms Stack Up Against Hurricane Sandy?

We compared the strength, consequences, and long roads to recovery.
We charted the path of some of the most recent devastating storms to strike the U.S.
We charted the path of some of the most recent devastating storms to strike the U.S.Soren Walljasper/CityLab

The fifth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy happens to fall just on the other side of a summer bookended by devastating storms.

Below, we’ve collated damage reports to estimate how Sandy figures relative to the recent spate of disasters to strike U.S. shores, and to Hurricane Matthew, which knocked into solid ground this time last year.