When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Hurricane Andrew - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew

    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.

  3. Meteorological history of Hurricane Andrew - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorological_history_of...

    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 ...

  4. List of Florida hurricanes (1975–1999) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Florida_hurricanes...

    Hurricane Andrew causes $25.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $39.2 billion 2008 USD) in south Florida and 15 direct deaths. At the time, Andrew was the costliest North Atlantic hurricane in the history of the United States, though has since dropped to eighth after Hurricanes Katrina, Ike, Irma, Maria, Sandy, Ida and Harvey. [65] [66]

  5. The Most Devastating Hurricanes to Ever Hit the U.S. - AOL

    www.aol.com/finance/most-devastating-hurricanes...

    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 ...

  6. These places were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Andrew ...

    www.aol.com/news/places-were-damaged-destroyed...

    1992: “Hurricane Andrew pretty much destroyed or damaged every facet of the zoo,” Magill said. More than 5,000 trees toppled at the then-named Miami Metrozoo. More than 5,000 trees toppled at ...

  7. Bryan Norcross: Remembering Hurricane Andrew 2 days ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/bryan-norcross-remembering...

    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 ...

  8. Timeline of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_1992...

    When Andrew struck Florida and Louisiana in August, it became the second-costliest hurricane to hit the United States. Damages were estimated to be about $26.5 billion and 68 people were killed. [ 2 ]

  9. What Hurricane Andrew did to us. See how the ‘Big One’ in ...

    www.aol.com/another-hurricane-season-just...

    Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida with sustained winds of 165 mph and gusts over 200 mph as a Category 5 storm on Aug. 24, 1992. Andrew hammered Homestead and the rest of South Miami-Dade, killed ...