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Hurricane Sandy struck the island of Martha's Vineyard with gale-force winds. The island suffered private and public property damage along many coastal areas. Hurricane Sandy's winds generated a storm surge on top of a full-moon tidal cycle. The storm surge caused significant coastal erosion and property damage to various coastal areas around the island.
Hurricane Sandy was the eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, with winds spanning a diameter of 1,100 miles (1,800 km).