Hurricane Andrew

August 23, 1992
Hurricane Andrew's Category 5 impact to the U.S. joins ranks with the 1935 Labor Day storm and 1969's Hurricane Camille
Satellite Snapshots
Image of Hurricane Andrew August 23, 1992 approaching the Bahamas
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Only three Category 5 hurricanes have impacted the U.S.: The Labor Day 1935 storm, Hurricane Camille in 1969, and Hurricane Andrew. This image from the GOES-7 satellite shows the storm at its peak intensity on August 23, 1992 before making landfall near Homestead, FL. With over $40 billion in damages, the storm was the second costliest in U.S. history. (Impact and damage statistics as of 2009).