Hurricane Andrew - Wikipedia
WEBAt 08:40 UTC on August 24, Andrew struck Elliott Key as a Category 5 hurricane, with winds of 165 mph (266 km/h) and a pressure of 926 mbar (27.34 inHg).
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WEB16 hours ago · It was the first Category 5 storm to make landfall on mainland U.S. since Andrew 26 years earlier. Mary Battles, left, and Shenike Bishop rest in a bus stop damaged by Hurricane Michael on Oct. 20 ...
Florida no stranger to Category 5 hurricanes. Comparing Andrew, …
WEB19 hours ago · Hurricane Andrew struck Dade County, Florida as a Category 5 storm, with a central pressure of 922 millibars, the third lowest in the 20th century. At the time, Hurricane Andrew was the costliest on record, causing $26.5 billion in damage. Both Katrina and Ike have caused greater damage in more recent years.
Hurricane Andrew At 30: A Look Back from Above | NESDIS
WEBHurricane Andrew was the strongest and most devastating hurricane on record to hit southern Florida. When it made landfall, Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph and a minimum central pressure of 922 millibars.
Hurricane Andrew | Cat 5 Storm, Florida & Louisiana Damage …
WEBAug 29, 2024 · Hurricane Andrew, tropical cyclone that ravaged The Bahamas, southern Florida, and south-central Louisiana in late August 1992. At the time, Hurricane Andrew was the most expensive Atlantic hurricane in U.S. history (later …
Hurricane Andrew: 30 Year Anniversary - National Weather Service
WEBHurricane Andrew was the strongest and most devastating hurricane on record to hit southern Florida. When it made landfall, Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph and a minimum central pressure of 922 millibars.
Hurricane Andrew's 30th Anniversary - National Weather Service
WEBAug 23, 1992 · Twenty-four hours later, Andrew underwent rapid intensification and became a major hurricane Category 5. The hurricane reached its peak intensity of 175 mph with a minimum pressure of 922 millibars Sunday afternoon.
30th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew: How modern-day storms …
WEBAug 24, 2022 · It has been 30 years since Hurricane Andrew -- a fast-moving Category 5 storm that devastated communities in southeast Florida -- barreled through the region, destroying entire neighborhoods and taking hundreds of thousands of residents by surprise.
Remembering Hurricane Andrew 30 Years Later | NESDIS
WEBAug 25, 2022 · Thirty years ago this week, Hurricane Andrew made landfall in South Miami-Dade County (then known as Dade County) on August 24, 1992 as one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in U.S. history. When it did so, Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph and …
Hurricane Andrew: A NOAA Scientist’s Retrospective
WEBAug 24, 2022 · Total monetary losses in Hurricane Andrew are estimated at $55.9 billion (2022 CPI-adjusted estimated cost). To this day, Andrew remains one of just a handful of category 5 hurricanes to impact the U.S. mainland, and is ranked as the seventh-most costly hurricane to hit the U.S.