two states hardest hit		television, radio etc
aftermath		usually ,in the usual way
sandy		passed out
devestating		causes much damage with a d
deluge		damgaged usually seriously
massive		new york and new jersey
catastrophic		very big with an e
diverse		varied
media		storm in question
impacted		what comes after
enormous		lots of rain
typically		very large with an m
distributed		something which causes damage with a c