Hurricane Andrew Postcard

Asset ID: 78403503 / Stocktrek / Hurricane Andrew _x000D_ _x000D_ Hurricane Andrew was the third Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the United States , after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Andrew was the first named storm and only major hurricane of the otherwise inactive 1992 Atlantic hurricane season . During Andrew's duration it struck the northwestern Bahamas , southern Florida at Homestead (south of Miami ), and southwest Louisiana around Morgan City in August. Andrew caused $26.5 billion in damage (1992 USD , $43.9 billion 2012 USD), with most of that damage cost in south Florida, which it struck at Category 4 strength; however, other sources estimated the total cost between $27 billion (1992 USD, $44.7 billion 2012 USD) and $34 billion (1992 USD, $49.7 billion 2012 USD). Its central pressure ranks as the fourth-lowest in U.S. landfall records. Andrew was the costliest Atlantic hurricane in U.S. history prior to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 . It was also surpassed by Hurricane Ike in 2008 . _x000D_ _x000D_ This page is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.