Which of the following are true about Hurricane Sandy?
A) It caused 0.6 m (2 ft) of snow to fall in some inland areas because it combined with an early winter storm.
B) It was the costliest storm in U.S. history.
C) It struck the East Coast at precisely the highest tide of the month, which led to a 4-m-high (13-ft-high) storm surge in parts of northern New Jersey and New York City.
D) The hurricane was drawn to the west by a strong midlatitude surface low, causing it to form a superstorm that extended over 1000 km (600 mi) in width.
E) When the levees near New Orleans failed, some parts of the city were flooded with several meters of water.
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