Hurricane Andrew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hurricane Andrew was the last and third most powerful of three Category 5 hurricanes to make landfall in the United States during the 20th century, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane...
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August 18: The storm; Hurricane Andrew touched the lives of thousands of people in South Florida. A tiny cul-de-sac is a microcosm of the storm's impact. ... On Aug. 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew slammed into South Florida, devastating Homestead, Florida City and parts of Miami, then continued northwest across the Gulf of...
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Hurricane Andrew; 16 - 28 August, 1992; Preliminary Repor ... Hurricane Andrew Photos ... Satellite pictures and upper-air data indicate that Hurricane Andrew formed from a tropical wave that crossed from the west coast of Africa to the tropical North Atlantic Ocean on 14 August 1992. The wave moved westward at about 20...
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www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/andrew92.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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On August 24, 1992 Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida. The storm had winds over 160 miles per hour and was the most costly disaster in the nation's history. The storm caused between 20 to 30 billion dollars in damge.
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Images of Hurricane Andrew (August 1992) from the RSD Image Catalog. ... Overhead view of Hurricane Andrew on 25 August 1992 at 20:20 UT. The cloud data are from GOES-7 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite), while the vegetation is derived from AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers).
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Restoration, Creation, and Recovery; Effects of Hurricane Andrew (1992) on Wetlands in Southern Florida and Louisiana ... Hurricane Andrew originated in the North Atlantic Ocean,moved westward over the Bahamas, and made landfall near the southern tip of Florida on the morning of August 24. After passing over the...
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As previously mentioned, Hurricane Andrew was the most powerful hurricane to hit South Florida in almost 30 years. The last major hurricane (a hurricane with winds of 115 miles per hour or greater) to hit that region was Hurricane Betsy in 1965 when it was a Category Three Hurricane.
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www.hurricaneville.com/andrew.html
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