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.

Mar 6, 2025 · 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 at the time was the costliest disaster in Florida, as well as the then-costliest on record in the United States. Hurricane Andrew formed from a tropical wave on August 16, 1992, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

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 minimum central pressure of 922 millibars.

Hurricane Andrew was a small and ferocious Cape Verde hurricane that wrought unprecedented economic devastation along a path through the northwestern Bahamas, southern Florida peninsula, and south-central Louisiana (Rappaport 1993).

Aug 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.

In 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.

Aug 24, 2017 · A 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 …

Aug 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.

Aug 24, 2022 · It’s been 30 years since Hurricane Andrew pummeled Miami-Dade County with a blow so fierce it flattened a community, shredded homes and left the vivid imprint of a hurricane’s power.

Aug 24, 2017 · Juarez, her husband, their 9-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son, and Katmandu, the family cat, huddled together as Hurricane Andrew made landfall 25 years ago today. Their battery-powered...

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 minimum central pressure of 922 millibars.

Aug 23, 2022 · With sustained winds of 165 miles per hour and destructive power never before seen in our area, Hurricane Andrew hit Miami-Dade County as a Category 5 hurricane exactly 30 years ago. A total of...

Aug 23, 2012 · Hurricane Andrew was small, but it made landfall as one of the most powerful ever to hit the United States. When the Category 5 hurricane crashed into the Miami area 20 years ago, it had a...

Aug 25, 2023 · Hurricane Andrew caused devastation in Florida and Louisiana, resulting in billions of dollars’ worth of damage, the loss of 65 lives, and destruction to over 63,500 homes.

Aug 1, 2017 · Hurricane Andrew made landfall around 5 am in Homestead, Florida, on August 24, 1992, with sustained wind speeds maxing out at 165 mph. This year marks the 25 th anniversary of the storm, still one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in US History.

Aug 24, 2017 · SIEGEL: Fifteen people were directly killed by Hurricane Andrew in Florida. About 25 more would die in the weeks that followed. Twenty-five thousand homes in the state were destroyed, 100,000...

Aug 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.

Aug 17, 2017 · Andrew was the first major hurricane to hit South Florida since Betsy, which ravaged the Keys in 1965. Those 27 years between Betsy and Andrew saw rapid growth in Florida's population.

2 days ago · After mass layoffs at NOAA, meteorologist Andrew Hazelton finds himself in a bureaucratic no man’s land—fired, then reinstated, but still unable to work.