Hurricane Andrew

Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
Hurricane Andrew approaching the Bahamas and Florida as a Category 5 hurricane
Formed	August 16, 1992
Dissipated	August 28, 1992
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 175 mph (285 km/h)
Lowest pressure	922 mbar (hPa); 27.23 inHg
Fatalities	26 direct, 39 indirect
Damage	$26.5 billion (1992 USD) (Second costliest tropical cyclone in U.S history)
Areas affected	Bahamas; South Florida, Louisiana, and other areas of the Southern United States
Part of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season

Although the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season was below average, Hurricane Andrew was the exception to that. This hurricane blasted the Bahamas, southeast Florida and south central Louisiana. Andrew did not make flooding in New Orleans. Contrary to typical, damage from Hurricane Andrew was caused almost entirely by high winds rather than storm surge in Florida and Louisiana. This storm caused between $23 billion and $37 billion in damage (1992 USD) and between 56 and 68 fatalities, making Andrew the costliest Atlantic hurricane to hit the United States.However, Hurricane Katrina would later surpass Andrew in official damage amounts.

Storm path

Image of Andrew making landfall in Florida