Hurricane Andrew - Wikipedia
WEBHurricane Andrew was a compact, but very powerful and devastating tropical cyclone 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 .
Hurricane Andrew 25 years later: The monster storm that devastated ...
WEBA day like no other, Aug. 24, 1992, was the day Hurricane Andrew wreaked havoc on southern Florida, leaving entire trailer parks flattened and rows of concrete power poles toppled. Tens of thousands of people were left homeless as the storm, known as the Big One, ripped through the area before moving west toward the Gulf and Louisiana.
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 surpassed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005).
Hurricane Andrew's 30th Anniversary - National Weather Service
WEBIn August of 1992, Hurricane Andrew slammed into South Florida before making a second U.S. landfall in Louisiana. At the time, it was the costliest and most damaging hurricane ever to hit the United States.
TPC NHC HURRICANE ANDREW
WEBAug 24, 1992 — Andrew was a small and ferocious Cape Verde hurricane that wrought unprecedented economic devastation along a path through the northwestern Bahamas, the southern Florida peninsula, and south-central Louisiana.
Hurricane Andrew 30 Years Later: Storm of a ... - NBC 6 South Florida
WEBAug 24, 2022 — Aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. In this unusually compact storm, Andrew's maximum winds of 165 mph sawed through southern Dade County that night, inflicting damage or total destruction of 155,000 ...
Hurricane Andrew: 30 Year Anniversary - National Weather Service
WEBSep 27, 2024 — Hurricane 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 …
Hurricane Andrew at 30: Where science has taken us
WEBAug 22, 2022 — On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew — the strongest and most devastating hurricane on record to hit southern Florida — made landfall. Three decades later we remember the lives lost, over 50,000 homes destroyed and the severe damage that Andrew wrought.
On This Day: Hurricane Andrew Makes Landfall | News | National …
WEBAug 24, 2017 — Early in the morning on August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew made its first U.S. landfall along the eastern coast of the Florida Peninsula. In Dade County, Florida alone, Andrew’s fierce winds damaged or destroyed 125,000 homes, leaving at least 160,000 people homeless. By the time the storm dissipated, it had also caused the …