As the time it struck, Andrew (24 Aug 92) was the 3rd strongest hurricane--and at the time, the costliest natural disaster--ever to hit the continental U.S., with insured and uninsured damage totalling nearly $30 billion. Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane, according to reanalyses released by the National Hurricane Center in August 2002, with a minimum central pressure at landfall (southern Dade County FL, now known as Miami-Dade County) of 922 mb and peak winds of 165 mph. I was fortunate enough to be in the eyewall, and to witness its tremendous power. Here are a few graphic reminders...
 Wall off Saga Bay Apartments |
 Collapsed Strip Mall Roof |
 Storefront Rubble |
 Fallen Bell Tower |
 Impaled Palm |
 Fallen Miami Radar |
 Penetrated Stick |
 Collapsed Store Roof |
 Sailing down the Street |
 Hurricane Hotel |
 Mobile Home Pieces in Trees |
 Storm Surged |
 Car on Car |
Elsewhere in SkyPix:
Night Lightning |
Daytime Lightning |
Mini Cloud-Atlas |
Visual Effects |
Sunrise, Sunset |
Okie Winters |
The Majestic Supercell |
Gallery of Outflow |
Wall Cloud Wall |
Tornadoes |
Hurricane Andrew |
Floods |
Unusual Weather Damage |
Fog & Mist |
Water Works |
All Hail |
Burnscapes |