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As the time it struck, Andrew (24 Aug 92) was the 3rd strongest hurricane -- and the costliest natural disaster -- ever to hit the continental U.S., with insured and uninsured damage totalling nearly $30 billion.
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www.stormeyes.org/tornado/SkyPix/skypixha.htm
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Damage in the United States is estimated to be near 25 billion, making Andrew the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history 1. The tropical cyclone struck southern Dade County, Florida, especially hard, with violent winds and storm surges characteristic of a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale,
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www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/andrew92.html
www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/andrew92.html
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Financial and demographic damage caused by Hurricane Andrew was relatively easy to estimate. What was more difficult to determine were the psychological and personal losses caused by the storm. The winds of Andrew tore at the very fabric of people’s identities and lives.
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www.education.miami.edu/ep/southwood/html/hurricane.htm...
www.education.miami.edu/ep/southwood/html/hurricane.html
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Andrew first became a tropical depression on August 16 and on August 17, became the first tropical storm of the season. The storm moved rapidly west and northwest during the next few days and on August 22 had reached hurricane strength.
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ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/hurricane_andrew_summ...
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/hurricane_andrew_summary.rxml?hret=/abt/aknw/arch/920824.rxml
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Restoration, Creation, and Recovery; Effects of Hurricane Andrew (1992) on Wetlands in Southern Florida and Louisiana ... 60). Damage to woody vegetation was most severe near the eye of the storm where winds were the strongest (Davis and others, 1994). However, within 20 days surviving trees and shrubs had sprouted new...
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water.usgs.gov/nwsum/WSP2425/andrew.html
water.usgs.gov/nwsum/WSP2425/andrew.html
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Mission Catalog ; Sfc. Wind Anal.; Syn. Surveillance; Re-Anal. Proj.; Basin-Wide Data; Data Formats ... Click On Images to view large scale image. ... Hurricane Research Division...
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www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/andrewpics.html
www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/andrewpics.html
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NEW YORK -- Hurricane Andrew devastated areas of southern Florida and shattered parts of Louisiana early last week, but most footwear companies and retailers located in the killer storm's path miraculously sustained little property damage and, as of last Thursday, reported no casualties.
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www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3070/is_199208/ai_...
www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3070/is_199208/ai_n7734376
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Dade County, Miami United States ... Image ID number: 6052 ... 01 August 199...
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www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/photos/da...
www.greenpeace.org/international/photosvideos/photos/damage-from-hurricane-andrew
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There is some evidence that older, presumably better built houses, received less damage from Hurricane Andrew than did newer houses, adding support to the notion that housing quality is not what it used to be--at least in terms of combating a hurricane.
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www.questia.com/PM.qst%3Fa%3Do&se%3Dgglsc&d%3D500028452...
www.questia.com/PM.qst%3Fa%3Do&se%3Dgglsc&d%3D5000284522
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