On August 24, 1992 Hurricane Andrew made landfall onto South Florida. The cost was 26.5 billion dollars, the third costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history. The lowest central pressure was 922 millibars measure approximately 30 minutes after landfall. The storm brought with it 16.9 foot tides. The maximum surface wind speed was believed to be 125 knots, or almost 145 mph, with gusts near 150 knots, or 175 mph. The hurricane was a category 4. The storm was generated off the coast of Africa by a tropical wave on August 14, 1992. After striking Florida, it moved northwest into south-central Louisiana as a category 3 storm. In total, Andrew directly cause 23 deaths and indirectly 38 more in the United States. The number of homes destroyed was 25524 and 101241 were damaged. Hurricane Andrew also produced tornadoes in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. The strange thing about Hurricane Andrew was that it weakened and was thought to be dying down before it reached the Bahamas. The Hurricane within a day, greatly intensified and became a class 5 hurricane. Andrew costed 250 million and 4 deaths in the Bahamas.
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Hurricane Trajectory
**Information Courtesy of Wikipedia.org and the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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