| Hurricane Andrew Facts
Hurricane Andrew was the most influential hurricane which struck South Florida and Louisiana. Also, it is considered to be the priciest disaster in the history of United States. Hurricane Andrew completely distorted the countryside of South Florida. |
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The very last major hurricane to strike Florida was the hurricane Betsy in 1965. However, hurricane Andrew was much more dominant than the Betsy hurricane.
Hurricane Andrew held up winds of 145 miles per hour before creating landfall in South Florida.
The amalgamation of the speedy winds and tremendously low pressure formed a storm gush of around 17 ft. on the seashore of Biscayne Bay.
Due to the condensed magnitude of the storm, the hurricane Andrew caused destruction over an extremely contracted area of South Florida. Nonetheless, the constricted pathway of destruction caused by Andrew was terrific and lethal. This storm left around 150,000 to 250,000 people in South Florida homeless. Around 600,000 homes and businesses were damaged and weakened by the winds, waves, and rain from Andrew.
The entire South Florida's connections and transportation infrastructures were drastically damaged. There were terrific power failures and utilities, water, and other basics, and sewage treatment plants were dreadfully stultified.
The storm left around 1.4 million people without electricity. Andrew also led to tremendous impairment to offshore oil services. Altogether, the impairment caused by Andrew in both South Florida and Louisiana summed up $26 billion dollars. Many inhabitants of Louisiana lost their occupations and dwellings. Hence, the total social impingements on South Florida were terrific.
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Hurricane Andrew Facts
Strong tropical cyclones are referred as hurricanes in some areas. Tropical cyclone is the universal name for sub-tropical water with structured temperature change and distinct cyclonic wind movement. 
