Effects of Hurricane Andrew in The Bahamas
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The effects of Hurricane Andrew in the Bahamas included three direct fatalities and $250 million in damage. Forming from a tropical wave on August 16, Andrew remained weak until rapidly intensifying on August 22, and late on August 23 it made its first landfall in The Bahamas on Eleuthera as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 260 km/h; early the next day Hurricane Andrew passed through the southern Berry Islands with winds of 240 km/h. The hurricane later made a devastating landfall in southern Florida, and after striking southern Louisiana it dissipated over the eastern United States. Andre...
The effects of Hurricane Andrew in the Bahamas included three direct fatalities and $250 million in damage. Forming from a tropical wave on August 16, Andrew remained weak until rapidly intensifying on August 22, and late on August 23 it made its first landfall in The Bahamas on Eleuthera as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 260 km/h; early the next day Hurricane Andrew passed through the southern Berry Islands with winds of 240 km/h. The hurricane later made a devastating landfall in southern Florida, and after striking southern Louisiana it dissipated over the eastern United States. Andrew was the first major hurricane to affect the nation since Hurricane Betsy in 1965. It caused $250 million in damage, with damage heaviest on Eleuthera and Cat Cay. Four deaths occurred due to the storm, of which one was indirectly related to the hurricane.
