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Hurricane Andrew was a compact, but very powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck The Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. It is 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.
The effects of Hurricane Andrew in the Bahamas included three direct fatalities and $250 million (1992 USD) in damage.Forming from a tropical wave on August 16, Andrew remained weak until rapidly intensifying on August 22, and late on August 23 it made its first landfall in The Bahamas on Eleuthera as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 260 km/h (160 mph); early the next day Hurricane Andrew ...
1900s. September 15–16, 1928 − The 1928 Okeechobee hurricane causes 21 fatalities in the archipelago. [5][6] September 5, 1932 - The 1932 Bahamas Hurricane strikes Great Abaco Island as a Category 5. Damage in Nassau, despite being just 65 miles from the hurricane, is minimal. However, on Great Abaco Island, winds of up to 160 mph (260 km/h ...
Track Map of Hurricane Hazel, Saffir–Simpson Scale, 1954 ... Hurricane Andrew. ... (1992 dollars), equivalent to ~$55 billion today. This Category 5 hurricane hit the Bahamas, Florida, and ...
Zoo Miami, 12400 SW 152nd St., Kendall. 1992: “Hurricane Andrew pretty much destroyed or damaged every facet of the zoo,” Magill said. More than 5,000 trees toppled at the then-named Miami ...
That afternoon, we watched Andrew peaked in intensity as it approached the Bahamas. The modern estimate is that the top winds were sustained at 160 mph when the eye of the hurricane crossed the ...
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.
In June, Tropical Depression One caused flooding in Cuba and in Florida, where two people were killed. In August, Hurricane Andrew, the season's only major hurricane, struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana. It was the costliest Atlantic hurricane on record at the time, caused $27.3 billion (1992 USD) in damage; it also caused as 65 fatalities.