WeatherWhys for October 29,2015 from accuweather.com

Hurricane Sandy made landfall near Brigantine, New Jersey, on Oct. 29,2012, on an unprecedented path. After paralleling offshore of the Southeast, Sandy hooked back to the west into the Northeast as it combined with a non-tropical system. Sandy's storm surge created some of the most devastating impacts, destroying homes along the New Jersey coastline and flooding New York City's subway tunnels. As cold air was drawn in, blizzard conditions unfolded in western North Carolina and West Virginia.