Austin (KXAN) – 33 years ago on this date (August 24), Hurricane Andrew achieved a decline as a major storm of Class 5 in Dade County, which is located in southern Florida, with the maximum sustainable winds of 165 miles per hour and one of the minimum central pressure of 922 milligue, according to what he said National weather service.
For several years, Hurricane Andrew was evaluated as a 4 -category storm by the National Center for Hurricane. In 2002, and Ocean Hurricane Research and National Air Country (NOAA) A research study from NOAA said: “I decided to upgrade Andrew to Category 5 because” the best scientific understanding of the wind field structure in the violent eye wall of strong hurricanes. “
Andrew is remembered in history books as one of the most hurricanes in terms of registration, and one of the four hurricanes that falls in the United States as hurricanes of Category 5 since 1900.
A US Geological Survey report that the storm in the intensity of Andrew was 17 feet above sea level in Peskin, Florida. Andrew’s path to the west through the state has dropped more than 77,000 trees in wetlands.
Once Hurricane Andrew passed through Florida, the storm remained a power of 4 in the Gulf before falling into Louisiana on August 26.
In total, Andrew destroyed more than 50,000 homes and caused an estimated $ 25 billion of damage. The storm caused 23 direct deaths, according to Noa.
In recent years, the National Hurricane Center in NOAA has reported that the accuracy of the tropical path increased by at least 75 %, noting improvements in satellite data and weather devices.