Hurricane Andrew (1992)

It began as a tropical depression over the eastern Atlantic on 16 August and crossed the Bahamas, striking Eleuthera with winds of 160 mph and passing through the Berry Islands at Great Harbour Cay with sustained winds of 150 mph. Over the Gulf Stream it regained Category 5 intensity and came ashore in south Florida at Elliott Key and then Homestead on 24 August, with a minimum pressure of 922 millibars, crossing the peninsula in four hours. On 26 August it reached the central Louisiana coast near Morgan City as a Category 3 with sustained winds near 115 mph. Florida recorded a then-record $25 billion in damage.

Formed (UTC)

1992-08-16

Dissipated (UTC)

1992-08-28

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

150

Basin it formed in

North Atlantic

Deaths, as sources state them

44 in Florida; 26 direct deaths, rising to 65 including indirect deaths

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-1992230N11325

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: atlantic, category 5, florida, bahamas, louisiana, 1992

Coordinates: 25.629135394801427, -67.17481236880855

Part of Atlantic hurricanes of category 4 and above in the 1990 to 1999 seasons

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