What is Hurricane Andrew?
{{Infobox Hurricane | Name=Hurricane Andrew | Type=hurricane | Year=1992 | Basin=Atl | Image location=Andrew 1992-08-23 1231Z.jpg | Image name=Hurricane Andrew approaching the Bahamas and Florida as a Category 5 hurricane | Formed=August 16, 1992 | Dissipated=August 28, 1992 | 1-min winds=153 | Pressure=922 | Damages=26500 | Inflated=1 | Damagespost=Second [[Template:Costliest U.S. Atlantic hurricanes|costliest]] [[tropical cyclone]] in U.S history | Fatalities=26&nbsp;direct, 39&nbsp;indirect | Areas=[[Bahamas]]; South [[Florida]], [[Louisiana]], and other areas of the [[Southern United States]] | Hurricane season=[[1992 Atlantic hurricane season]] }} Although the [[1992 Atlantic hurricane season]] was below average, '''Hurricane Andrew''' was the exception to that. This [[tropical cyclone|hurricane]] blasted the [[Bahamas]], southeast [[Florida]] and south central [[Louisiana]]. Andrew did not make flooding in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]]. Contrary to typical, damage from Hurricane Andrew was caused almost '''entirely''' by high winds rather than storm surge in Florida and Louisiana. This storm caused between $23 billion and $37 billion in damage ([[1992]] [[United States dollar|USD]]) and between 56 and 68 fatalities, making Andrew the costliest Atlantic hurricane to hit the United States.<ref>{{cite report|title=Hurricane Andrew|publisher=Tampa Bay Online|url=http://tampabayonline.net/reports/special/weather/hurricane/season/html/damage.htm|accessdate=May 12, 2012}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> However, [[Hurricane Katrina]] would later surpass Andrew in official damage amounts. {{storm path|Andrew 1992 track.png|left|200px}} [[Image:HurricaneAndrew.jpg|right|thumb|Image of Andrew making landfall in Florida]] ==Aftermath== {{Costliest U.S. Atlantic hurricanes}} ===Florida=== [[Image:Hurricane andrew fema 2563.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An entire Miami neighborhood is leveled.]]Andrew's devastating damage spawned many rumors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://