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Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida with sustained winds of 165 mph and gusts over 200 mph as a Category 5 storm on Aug. 24, 1992. Andrew hammered Homestead and the rest of South Miami-Dade, killed ...
Hurricane Andrew was a compact, but very powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It was the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged or destroyed, and remained the costliest in financial terms until Hurricane Irma surpassed it 25 years later .
In this file photo from Sept. 10, 1992, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden bears the mark of Hurricane Andrew, the Category 5 storm that made landfall in Homestead, about 25 miles south, on Aug. 24 ...
Initially, forecasters predicted tides up to 14 feet (4.3 m) above normal along the East Coast of Florida, near the potential location of landfall. [2] However, the National Hurricane Center later noted that storm surge up to 10 feet (3.0 m) would occur along the East Coast of Florida, as high as 13 feet (4.0 m) in Biscayne Bay, and a height of 11 feet (3.4 m) of the West Coast of Florida.
The winds destroy 25,524 homes and damage 101,241 others in southern Florida, leaving up to one-quarter million people temporarily homeless. In Homestead, more than 99% of all mobile homes are completely destroyed. Hurricane Andrew causes $25.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $39.2 billion 2008 USD) in south Florida and 15 direct deaths.
Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida with sustained winds of 165 mph and gusts over 200 mph as a Category 5 storm on Aug. 24, 1992. Andrew hammered Homestead and the rest of South Miami-Dade, killed ...
WCIX TV Tower Homestead, Florida: August 25, 1992: Guyed steel tower 549 Hurricane Andrew: Rebuilt by LeBlanc Tower of Canada COMMSTA Miami 1992: Guyed mast (insulated) 91 Hurricane Andrew: Collapse of 2 masts Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter, Cape Race, Canada February 2, 1993: Guyed steel lattice mast 411 Material fault
Hurricane Andrew hit and destroyed the southern part of the county on Aug. 24, 1992, some 32 years ago this week| | Opinion