Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Andrew was the second most destructive hurricane in U.S. history. It struck the United States as the first named storm of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season in August 1992. It caused damage in the northwestern Bahamas, southern Florida south of Miami, and south-central Louisiana. Andrew's damage cost totaled $26 billion in 1992 ($45 billion in 2005 US dollars), mostly in south Florida. The storm caused 65 deaths. Andrew remained the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history until it was surpassed by Hurricane Katrina in the 2005 season. In U.S. landfall records, Andrew's central pressure is the fourth lowest, and it is one of only three hurricanes to strike at Category 5.