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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.
Hurricane Andrew lasted from mid to late August 1992. The hurricane developed from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on August 14. Tracking westward due to a ridge, favorable conditions allowed it to develop into Tropical Depression Three on August 16 in the deep tropical Atlantic Ocean. The cyclone gradually intensified ...
Track Map of Hurricane Audrey, Saffir–Simpson Scale, 1957 ... Hurricane Andrew at Peak Intensity as a Category Five Hurricane on August 23, 1992 ... Hurricane Andrew. Year: 1992. Death Toll: ~65 ...
August 27, 2020 – Hurricane Laura, as a high-end Category 4 hurricane, made landfall near the Louisiana–Texas border in Cameron Parish and simultaneously tied the 1856 Last Island hurricane as the strongest tropical cyclone ever to make landfall in Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. Storm surge as high as 17 feet was ...
The first named storm of the 1992 Atlantic season, Andrew had only been a tropical storm on Friday, Aug. 21, when Kottlowski was briefing one of the company's cli
On this day 32 years ago, Andrew became a hurricane - the first named storm and the first hurricane of the 1992 season. Hurricane Hunters flying through the storm overnight found strong winds ...
In Louisiana, Andrew produced hurricane-force winds along its path, [13] damaging 23,000 homes and destroying 985 homes and 1,951 mobile homes. [47] An F3 tornado in St. John the Baptist Parish damaged or destroyed 163 structures. [48] 17 fatalities were reported in Louisiana, six of which were drowning victims offshore. [13]
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