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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 ...
The nationwide maximum rainfall total from the hurricane was 13.98 inches (355 mm) in the western portion of Miami-Dade County. No major flooding was reported in the state. The hurricane caused about $25.3 billion (1992 USD) in damage and 44 deaths in the state—15 directly from the storm's effects and 29 indirectly related.
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 ...
A satellite image showing Hurricane Andrew bearing down on the Atlantic coast of Florida in late August of 1992. (NOAA) Thirty years have passed since Hurricane Andrew dealt a catastrophic blow to ...
Cleveland was due to begin full-time play at the stadium in the 1993 season. In 1992 they had already begun moving equipment and personnel to Florida. However, on August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Homestead as a Category 5 cyclone with winds reaching 165 mph. The stadium, directly in the path of the hurricane, was decimated.
Hurricane Andrew. Year: 1992. Death Toll: ~65. Financial Impact: $27.3 billion (1992 dollars), equivalent to ~$55 billion today. This Category 5 hurricane hit the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana ...
May 1992 was the record-breaking least active month ever recorded in the history of worldwide tropical cyclogenesis with only one tropical cyclone within the month – BOB 01 – the first cyclonic storm of the 1992 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. Although Tropical Cyclone Innis was active in the month, it was counted for the month of April ...