Hurricane Andrew: A Natural Disaster

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Hurricanes are one of the most calamitous natural disasters and Hurricane Andrew was no exception. Hurricane Andrew was a category 5 hurricane when it hit South Florida on August 24, 1992 at 5 a.m. It was the most powerful hurricane Florida had felt in over thirty years. Due to South Florida’s location, the end of the Florida peninsula's tip, it is exposed to many hurricanes attacks but nothing like Hurricane Andrew. It caused severe damage to the South Florida coastline forever. The devastation caused by Andrew was due to the compact size of the storm. There was a total of sixty-five deaths. There were around one hundred and fifty thousand to two hundred and fifty thousand people in South Florida were homeless. A total of six hundred homes