Back Orkaan Andrew Afrikaans إعصار أندرو Arabic Huracà Andrew Catalan Hurrikan Andrew German Hurricane Andrew English Uragano Andrew Esperanto Huracán Andrew Spanish توفند اندرو Persian Hurrikaani Andrew Finnish Ouragan Andrew French
| Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Hurricane Andrew approaching the Bahamas and Florida as a Category 5 hurricane | |
| Formed | August 16, 1992 |
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| 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.[1] However, Hurricane Katrina would later surpass Andrew in official damage amounts.
- ↑ Hurricane Andrew (Report). Tampa Bay Online. Retrieved May 12, 2012.[permanent dead link]