Hurricane Andrew Satellite Imagery (1992) [HD]

Hurricane Andrew was only the third Category 5 storm to impact the U.S. when it made landfall on August 24, 1992 near Homestead, FL. A reanalysis of weather data in 2004 revealed that the storm made landfall with 166 mph winds. Until Hurricane Katrina followed in 2005, Andrew was the most costly U.S. tropical cyclone in history, with damages exceeding $26.5 billion (1992 USD). This animation was created by resurrecting archived GOES-7 satellite data.

Credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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Science & Technology

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• hurricanes
• Hurricane Andrew
• weather satellite
• tropical weather
• tropical storms

[MzChocolateBear]

this was the worst day of my life.... ill never forget how its ruined our lives til this days

[djxatlanta]

@MzChocolateBear - I was living in Melbourne, FL at the time Andrew came through (we got the outer fringes of the storm). A couple weeks after the hurricane passed, some friends and I drove down to see some of the devastation, and our hearts stopped, thinking of all the people whose lives were affected... and I'm very sorry that for some, recovery is still an ongoing process.

[59Ballons]

It took the same path as Hurricane Katrina!

[jcynavarro]

at 0:28 the eye of the storm was massive!!!



[SirMick84]

Buzzsaw from hell...

Andrew was the first Hurricane I remember, big 7 years old and living in Tampa....Andrew made me fear hurricanes, with good reason.

[darknite954]

I think my parents was on vacation when he hit and they got caught in it