Hurricane Andrew - Wikipedia
WEBHurricane 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 ...
Hurricane Andrew | Cat 5 Storm, Florida & Louisiana Damage …
WEBMay 1, 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 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 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.
Meteorological history of Hurricane Andrew - Wikipedia
WEBThe meteorological history of Hurricane Andrew, the strongest tropical cyclone of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season, lasted from mid to late August 1992. The hurricane developed from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on August 14.
TPC NHC HURRICANE ANDREW - National Hurricane Center
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’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. Thirty years later, Hurricane Andrew is still one of the top five most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the United States.
Hurricane Andrew: A NOAA Scientist’s Retrospective
WEBAug 24, 2022 · NCEI climate scientist Anthony Arguez recalls the harrowing experience of living through Hurricane Andrew and a path it opened for his life.
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.
Andrew - National Weather Service
WEBAug 24, 1992 · Hurricane Andrew was the strongest and most devastating hurricane on record to hit southern Florida. It struck South Miami-Dade County (then known as Dade County) during the pre-dawn hours on Monday, August 24th, 1992.
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