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Bookmark or Share- On This Day: Hurricane Andrew Makes Landfall | News | National Centers ...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.
- Andrew - National Weather ServiceIn response to the much more favorable environment, Tropical Storm Andrew strengthened rapidly and turned westward. Andrew became a hurricane on August 22nd and strengthened to a strong category 4 hurricane the next day.
- Hurricane Andrew | Path, Damage, & Facts | BritannicaHurricane 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 - WikipediaHurricane Andrew was a compact, but very powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992.
- Hurricane Andrew: 30 Year Anniversary - National Weather ServiceHurricane 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.
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