The National Hurricane Center determined Hurricane Sandy was the second-costliest in the nation’s history.
The center reported preliminary U.S. damage estimates are roughly $50 billion, making Sandy the second most expensive storm to hit the U.S. since 1900. By comparison Hurricane Katrina  in 2005 caused $108 billion in damage.
The superstorm, which devastated the East Coast, mostly New Jersey, New York and Connecticut in October and November 2012, was felt as far west Wisconsin and as far north as Canada, the center revealed.
The hurricane center revealed 72 U.S. deaths were directly related to Hurricane Sandy. Another 87 deaths were indirectly connected to Sandy, from causes such as hypothermia due to power outages, carbon monoxide poisoning and accidents during cleanup efforts.
Sandy caused damaged to or completely destroyed 650,000 houses  and 8.5 million people were left without power.
