Hurricane Andrew Miami Florida
Hurricane andrew struck south miami dade on aug.
Hurricane andrew miami florida. In fact many news crews were stationed in north miami beach hallandale. Hurricane andrew and its ferocious gusts blew through miami dade county. It caused an estimated 26 billion damage in the united states making it at the time the most expensive natural disaster in. The effects of hurricane andrew in florida proved to be at the time the costliest disaster in the state s history as well as the then costliest on record in the united states.
Homestead is a city within miami dade county in the u s. State of florida between biscayne national park to the east and everglades national park to the west. Following its passage through the bahamas andrew made landfall near homestead florida as a category 5 hurricane on august 24. That storm hurricane andrew made landfall southwest of miami in 1992 killing 65 people destroying 63 000 homes and inflicting 26 5 billion in economic losses.
It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit florida in terms of structures damaged or destroyed and was the costliest in financial terms until hurricane irma surpassed it 25 years later it was the strongest landfalling hurricane in decades and the. Miami in the middle of a dark squally night 28 years ago south florida and the people who lived there changed forever. This is the account on the front page of the miami herald. Hurricane andrew which killed at least 10 people in dade county knocked out.
Andrew took many by surprise as it struck south miami. It struck south miami dade county then known as dade county during the pre dawn hours on monday august 24th 1992. Homestead hurricane andrew local news miami news miami cbsmiami it was 28 years ago today august 24th that hurricane andrew roared ashore and pummeled south miami dade. Hurricane andrew became south florida s most devastating hurricane after it hit the homestead area south of miami 28 years ago monday.
Hurricane andrew was the strongest and most devastating hurricane on record to hit southern florida.
