Comparisons between Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane KatrinaHurricanes form over tropical waters. These intense storms consist of winds exceeding 74 miles per hour (Ahrens & Sampson, 2011). The storms faced here are Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. This article will explore the contrasts and comparisons between these two horrific storms. Year of occurrence: Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina occurred in the year 2005; it landed on the morning of August 29th. However, the origins of this storm date back to August 24, 2005. Over the course of those six days, Hurricane Katrina varied in location and intensity before finally making landfall in the southeastern part of the United States (Ahrens & Sampson, 2011). .Hurricane SandyHurricane Sandy occurred in the year 2012. The formation of this storm began as early as October 11, 2012. It traveled through several areas of the southwestern Caribbean and eventually devastated the east coast of the United States of America on October 29, 2012 (Blake, Kimberlain, Berg, Cangialosi & Beven II, 2013) (Manuel, 2013). Hurricane Genesis Region, Landfall Site, Saffir-Simpson Scale, and Tracking of Hurricane Katrina Tropical waters provide the perfect place for a hurricane to breed and grow. Storms, like Katrina, can develop due to the availability of water vapor over tropical oceans. This creates the ideal environment for a hurricane to grow (Ahrens & Sampson, 2011). Hurricane Katrina began forming over the tropical oceans of the Bahamas. As it traveled toward Florida, Katrina was classified as a tropical storm and then as a Category 1 hurricane. On its southwestward path, Hurricane Katrina battered the eastern portion of... middle of paper... environmental history (Vol. 2, p. 390). New York, NY: Facts on File, Inc. McCallum, B. E., Wicklein, S. M., Reiser, R. G., Busciolano, R., Morrison, J. L., Verdi, R. J., Painter, J. A., & Frantz, E. R. (2012). Monitoring tides and flooding from Hurricane Sandy along the Atlantic coast of the United States. Geological Survey Open File Report, (2013–1043), 42.Manuel, J.H. (2013). The long road to recovery. Environmental Health Perspectives, 121(5), 152-159. United States Senate, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (2009). Two years after the storm: Gulf Coast housing needs (110-930). Washington, DC: Commission on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. United States Senate, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (2013). Property and Casualty Insurance Industry Oversight (110-1194). Washington, DC: US ​​Government Printing Office.