In July this force sailed Self_motion on a commerce raiding cruise off British Ceylon , but a subsequent attack into the Straits of Malacca was driven Motion off in an inconclusive engagement with two British ships of the line off Northeastern Sumatra .

While it was a Category 2 hurricane off the coast of the Northeastern United States , the storm became Becoming the largest Atlantic hurricane Catastrophe on record ( as measured by diameter , with tropical-storm-force winds spanning Body_movement ) .

The December 1969 nor'easter was a strong winter storm Catastrophe that mainly affected Influence the Northeastern United States and southern Quebec between December 25 and December 28 , 1969 .

Northeastern India consists Cause_to_be_included of seven states ( also known as the `` Seven Sister States '' ) : Assam , Meghalaya , Tripura , Arunachal Pradesh , Mizoram , Manipur , and Nagaland .

The discovery Know sparked Causation the California Gold Rush area to expand Expansion from the Sierra Nevada into Northeastern California .

The February 5–6 , 2010 North American blizzard , commonly referred Name_conferral to as `` Snowmageddon '' , was a paralyzing and crippling blizzard Catastrophe that had major and widespread impact Influence in the Northeastern United States .

In addition to becoming Becoming the second-largest Atlantic hurricane , Sandy broke Destroying records for the lowest pressures ever observed Perception_active in many cities across the Northeastern United States .

The concert Social_event was held in response Response to Hurricane Catastrophe Sandy , which devastated Destroying portions of the Northeastern United States , the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic in late October 2012 and cost Cost an estimated $ 60 billion in damage Damaging in the United States .