New York City has yet to see the worst of it. At least that's what a new study by Swiss Re said if a hurricane similar to the one that battered the East Coast almost 200 years ago were to strike today.
The Norfolk-Long Island Hurricane was a category four storm that, though there was no official department that monitored weather patterns at the time, left a considerable amount of damage in its wake when it hit the New York area in 1821.
Compared to Superstorm Sandy, which landed as a category one storm, the Norfolk-Long Island Hurricane had stronger sustained winds, a larger storm surge, and moved parallel to the coast that would, if it hit today, cause 50% more financial damage than Sandy.
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