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Hurricane Andrew, Maximum Intensity, 1992

Hurricane Andrew-visible satellite image taken by METEOSAT 3. This picture depicts Andrew during period of maximum intensity over Bahamas August 23, 1992. Hurricane Andrew was the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Andrew was the first named storm and only major hurricane of the otherwise inactive 1992 Atlantic hurricane season. Andrew caused $26.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $41.5 billion 2011 USD), with most of that damage cost in south Florida, which it struck at Category 5 strength. Its central pressure ranks as the fourth-lowest in U.S. landfall records. Andrew was the costliest Atlantic hurricane in U.S. history prior to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It was also surpassed by Hurricane Ike in 2008.

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Hurricane Andrew, Maximum Intensity, 1992

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Hurricane Andrew-visible satellite image taken by METEOSAT 3. This picture depicts Andrew during period of maximum intensity over Bahamas August 23, 1992. Hurricane Andrew was the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Andrew was the first named storm and only major hurricane of the otherwise inactive 1992 Atlantic hurricane season. Andrew caused $26.5 billion in damage (1992 USD, $41.5 billion 2011 USD), with most of that damage cost in south Florida, which it struck at Category 5 strength. Its central pressure ranks as the fourth-lowest in U.S. landfall records. Andrew was the costliest Atlantic hurricane in U.S. history prior to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It was also surpassed by Hurricane Ike in 2008.

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1634 x 1164 px | 5.4 MB

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13.8 x 9.9 cm | 5.4 x 3.9 in (300 dpi)

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