Hurricane Andrew
Hurricanes are formed by counterclockwise winds. These winds draw moisture and heat from the tropical ocean, which helps to contribute to the intense cyclone. Winds that reach and sustained 74 miles per hour (mph) or more wind are classified as a Hurricane. When a storm moves forward at about 15 mph, it releases heavy rains and accelerating winds and makes the ocean swell. They lose some intensity when they are nearing the land. As it continues to move further inland weakens, but continues it's outpouring of rain and high winds. Hurricanes are formed in the North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Coast of Mexico. The mostly likely to happen is a hurricane striking land areas along the Gulf Coast and the southeastern coast. But hurricanes also have hit central Pennsylvania and the coast of New York, New England and New Jersey. Almost 100 million Americans are at risk from hurricanes. Over land, hurricanes weaken rapidly. Being separated from their oceanic source of energy. Plus land adds the effects of friction and that makes the circulation weakens and becomes more disorganized. Heavy rains usually continue even after the winds are much calmer. In the southeastern United States, about one-fourth
After a while Andrew turned into a tropical depression. The depression was initially surrounded in an environment of easterly vertical wind shear. In the middle of the day on the 17th the depression grew stronger. And Andrew became the first Atlantic tropical storm of 1992. Andrew continued moving rapidly on a heading that turned from west to west-northwest. This course was in the general direction of the Lesser Antilles. The high and low pressures gradually switched and Andrew decelerated on a course that became northwesterly. This change in heading spared the Lesser Antilles from an encounter with Andrew. The change in track also brought the tropical storm into an environment of strong southwesterly wind. Estimated maximum wind speed of Andrew varied, but a rather remarkable unique evolution happened. Hurricane Andrew was one of the worst hurricanes in history. It was a small, but ferocious and brought unprecedented economic devastation (look at deaths and damages chart attached). Andrew swept threw Florida in August 16-28 in 1992. The damage in the United States is estimated to be near 25 billion, making Andrew the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. Dade Country, FL was struck especially hard. The violent winds and storm surges classified Andrew as category 4 hurricane. Dade County alone, the forces of Andrew resulted in 15 deaths and up to one-quarter million people left temporarily homeless. An additional 25 lives were lost in Dade County from the indirect effects of Andrew. The direct loss of life seems remarkably low considering the destruction caused by
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