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Two days after Hurricane Andrew, state officials established a temporary relief center at the South Florida Fairgrounds near West Palm Beach. While in operation, more than 20,000 volunteers moved about 4,500 tons of supplies unto more than 1,200 trucks for distribution to the victims of the storm.
A satellite image showing Hurricane Andrew bearing down on the Atlantic coast of Florida in late August of 1992. (NOAA) Thirty years have passed since Hurricane Andrew dealt a catastrophic blow to ...
In Key Largo, a 13-minute wind speed of 114 mph (183 km/h) was reported. Tropical storm force winds reached as far north as West Palm Beach. On the west coast of Florida, sustained winds remained just below tropical storm force on Marco Island, though a wind gust of 100 mph
The list of Florida hurricanes from 1975 to 1999 encompasses 83 Atlantic tropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of Florida. Collectively, tropical cyclones in Florida during the time period resulted in at least $45 billion (2008 USD) in damage, primarily from Hurricane Andrew. Additionally, tropical cyclones in Florida were directly ...
In this file photo from Sept. 10, 1992, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden bears the mark of Hurricane Andrew, the Category 5 storm that made landfall in Homestead, about 25 miles south, on Aug. 24 ...
The storm also produced high surf along the coast, which killed a swimmer in Palm Beach County. Rains in the state reached 5.04 in (128 mm) in Hastings. September 20 – Hurricane Rita passed south of the Florida Keys before entering the Gulf of Mexico. The outer rainbands produced 58 mph (93 km/h), along with 5.04 in (128 mm) of rainfall ...
Florida Power & Light’s outage map showed isolated storm-related power failures in several places, such as Lake Park and suburban West Palm Beach. The storm dumped about 5 inches of rain across ...
Climatology Tropical cyclones have affected Florida in every month of the year with the exceptions of January and March. Nearly one-third of the cyclones affected the state in September, and nearly three-fourths of the storms affected the state between August and October, which coincides with the peak of the hurricane season. Portions of the coastline have return periods, or expected time ...