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.

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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

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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