The Eastern Shore town of Bellevue saw the heaviest rains in the U.S. during Superstorm Sandy, according to an official report on the storm the National Hurricane Center released Tuesday.
The town, across the Tred Avon River from Oxford and just south of St. Michael's in Talbot County, recorded 12.83 inches of rain. Nearby Easton was not far behind with 12.55 inches.
The bullseye of Sandy's deluge was on the middle Eastern Shore, though storm surge levels were higher to the northeast around New York.
Damage in Maryland was estimated at about $5 million, according to the report, among the smallest of the states affected by the storm despite the heavy rain. Delaware took $5.5 million in damage and Pennsylvania $20 million, according to the report.
Storm surge in Ocean City, considered to be the worst there since Hurricane Gloria in 1985, brought as much as 4 feet of inundation, according to the report. In Chesapeake City on the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, the storm surge reached 4.88 feet, and a 3.06-foot storm surge was recorded on the Chesapeake Bay at Tolchester Beach, near Chestertown.