Andrew was a small and ferocious Cape Verde hurricane that wrought unprecedented economic devastation along a path through the northwestern Bahamas, the southern Florida peninsula, and south-central Louisiana. In Miami-Dade County, the fierce winds destroyed 25,500 houses and damaged more than 101,000 others. Andrew passed directly through Homestead, Florida and completely disseminated several blocks of houses, stripping them down to their foundations. Hurricane Andrew did extensive damage to homes in South Florida, leaving little behind in its wake. Hurricane Andrew, tropical cyclone that ravaged The Bahamas, southern Florida, and south-central Louisiana in late August 1992. Andrew caused major damage in the Bahamas and Louisiana as well, but it was the most destructive hurricane in Florida’s history.

One million people were evacuated and 54 died in this hurricane.

The storm caused damage to south Louisiana and the Bahamas, but the brunt of its impact fell on South Florida, where: About 250,000 people were left homeless in Dade County alone. Damage and economic losses. At the time, Hurricane Andrew was the most expensive Atlantic hurricane in U.S. history (later surpassed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005). Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 storm that hit South Florida on August 24 th 1992 with wind speeds of 165 miles per hour.