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Florida was not prepared for Hurricane Andrew when the storm ravaged the southern areas of the state in the summer of 1992. The technology to track the storm was not as accurate, residents were ...
Hours after Hurricane Andrew lay waste to South Miami-Dade 30 years ago, Florida’s governor surveyed the damage from the air. And the Korean War veteran was stunned. “It’s like an air bomb ...
Atlantic Hurricane Season is underway as of June 1. History says odds are against a Category 5 hurricane hitting Florida.
“After Hurricane Andrew, we saw so many neighborhoods with legitimate structural damage to homes,” explained Ian Giammanco, Senior Director for Standards & Analytics at the Insurance Institute ...
Hurricane Andrew was one of “those” storms. The kind of storm that people talk about for generations. The kind of storm that changes the way society does this. On August 24th, 1992, Hurricane ...
Damage in the Bahamas was estimated at $250 million. HistoryMiami has an exhibit in downtown Miami surrounding Andrew and its impact. Hurricane Ian is five times the size in terms of its extent ...
As we begin the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and share our Hurricane Preparedness Guide, we look back at the lasting impact ...
After Hurricane Andrew decimated parts of south Florida in 1992, state officials mandated sweeping building code revisions for new construction. Those changes continue to limit damage from storms now.
Forget saving on sales tax during a hurricane preparation holiday, here's how you can reduce your costs by thousands.
A total of 65 deaths were either directly or indirectly associated with Andrew. The estimated cost of damage was around $26 billion. Hurricane Andrew is one of only four category five hurricanes ...