Hurricane Andrew

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Hurricane Andrew was a devastating Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 1992 that caused catastrophic damage in South Florida and parts of Louisiana, becoming one of the costliest and most destructive storms in U.S. history.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane Andrew canonical 1
Hurricane Andrew (1992) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (69)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Category 5 hurricane ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
tropical cyclone ⓘ
affectedCountry Bahamas ⓘ
United States ⓘ
affectedRegion Florida Keys ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Miami-Dade County ⓘ
South Florida ⓘ
agencyDesignated National Hurricane Center ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
becameHurricaneOn 1992-08-22 ⓘ
becameTropicalStormOn 1992-08-17 ⓘ
countryWithGreatestDamage United States ⓘ
countyWithGreatestDamage Miami-Dade County ⓘ
damageCost approximately 27.3 billion USD (1992) ⓘ
damageCostAdjusted over 50 billion USD (inflation-adjusted) ⓘ
damageType catastrophic ⓘ
flood damage ⓘ
storm surge damage ⓘ
wind damage ⓘ
dateOfFloridaLandfall 1992-08-24 ⓘ
dateOfLouisianaLandfall 1992-08-26 ⓘ
dissipatedOn 1992-08-29 ⓘ
fatalities over 60 ⓘ
fatalitiesCountry Bahamas ⓘ
United States ⓘ
fatalitiesDirectAndIndirect 65 ⓘ
formedOn 1992-08-16 ⓘ
landfallArea near Homestead, Florida ⓘ
south of Miami, Florida ⓘ
landfallCity Homestead, Florida ⓘ
landfallState Florida ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
madeLandfall Bahamas ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
South Florida ⓘ
madeLandfallCountry Bahamas ⓘ
United States ⓘ
maximumCategory Category 5 ⓘ
meteorologicalOrigin tropical wave off the west coast of Africa ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure 922 hPa ⓘ
nameRetired true ⓘ
nameRetiredFrom Atlantic hurricane naming list ⓘ
nameRetiredYear 1993 ⓘ
notableFor extreme wind damage in Miami-Dade County ⓘ
rapid intensification before Florida landfall ⓘ
notableImpact major damage to electrical and infrastructure systems in South Florida ⓘ
one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history at the time ⓘ
one of the most destructive storms in U.S. history ⓘ
severe damage to agriculture in South Florida ⓘ
significant damage in southern Louisiana ⓘ
widespread destruction of homes in South Florida ⓘ
partOf history of hurricanes in Florida ⓘ
history of hurricanes in Louisiana ⓘ
peak1MinuteSustainedWinds 175 mph ⓘ
280 km/h ⓘ
promptedChange U.S. building codes in South Florida ⓘ
emergency management practices in the United States ⓘ
insurance industry policies in Florida ⓘ
reachedCategory5On 1992-08-23 ⓘ
replacementName Alex ⓘ
SaffirSimpsonScaleCategory Category 5 ⓘ
season 1992 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
stateWithGreatestDamage Florida ⓘ
trackType Cape Verde-type hurricane ⓘ
year 1992 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Homestead → recoveredFrom → Hurricane Andrew ⓘ
Stiltsville → significantEvent → Hurricane Andrew (1992) ⓘ
linked to: Hurricane Andrew