Satellite Images Hurricane Andrew

And only three storms katrina in 2005 camille in 1969 and an unnamed hurricane that struck the florida keys in 1935 were more intense according to statistics complied by the national hurricane center.
Satellite images hurricane andrew. A sequence of satellite images depicting hurricane andrew from right to left on august 23 25 the hurricane accelerated westward into an area of highly favorable conditions and began to rapidly intensify late on august 22. Flooding can be seen along the coast of south florida. Looking at the image one can see andrew s path laid out behind it in the form of churned up reddish brown ocean sediments and residual cloud cover. Only hurricane katrina caused more damage.
Hurricane andrew was only the third category 5 storm to impact the u s. Flooding can be seen along the coast of south florida. 15 years ago 08 24 07 fifteen years ago in the early morning hours of august 24 1992 hurricane andrew made landfall in south florida and became one of the costliest hurricanes in u s. When it made landfall on august 24 1992 near homestead fl.
Hurricane andrew radar loop crossing south florida hurricane andrew infrared satellite image and close up radar. The above image of andrew was taken on august 25 1992 at 20 20 ut. Bwmoll3 miami fl august 24. Wrecked boats sit on the sea wall 24 august 1992 at the docks at dinner key in the coconut grove area of the city after hurricane andrew passed through southern florida.
It was 20 years ago when hurricane andrew a compact category 5 storm slammed into south florida. In a 24 hour period the atmospheric pressure dropped by 47 mbar 1 388 inhg to a minimum of 922 mbar 27 23 inhg. Here s a look at the big one no one saw coming from wind speeds to timeline and path to the billions of dollars in damage. Unless otherwise noted the images linked from this page are located on servers at the satellite products and services division spsd of the national environmental satellite data and information service nesdis.
Andrew itkoff afp getty images homestead air force base after hurricane andrew severely damaged the base on 27 august 1992. A reanalysis of weather. The above image of andrew was taken on august 25 1992 at 20 20 ut.