Blackout in New York and New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy

Figure 11.1

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Extreme weather events can affect multiple systems that provide services for millions of people in urban settings. The satellite images depict city lights on a normal night (left) and immediately following Hurricane Sandy (right). Approximately five million customers in the New York metropolitan region lost power. (Figure source: NASA Earth Observatory080733e4-0e59-4a5a-b3c8-86f4c5a16b04).

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