Hurricane Andrew - The Facts and The Experience

Hurricane Andrew was one the most destroying hurricanes that the U.S has ever had. It caused a great amount of damage and left many people with out homes. It has been the most expensive natural disaster in history. Satellite pictures indicate that Andrew was formed from a tropical wave coming from the West Coast of Africa towards the north Atlantic on August 14th, 1992. On August 16 Andrew became a tropical depression, or a group of …

…hurricane Andrew had caused. But most of all, they were worried where it would strike next. The glorious forest of 120 foot trees that was on the canal opposing my building was completely wrecked, not one tree stood. This disaster ruined the lives of millions of people. As a disaster that caused more damage than any other hurricane up to date, this was a true tragedy for the lives of people in the Southern United States.