30 years ago today, #Andrew made landfall in Florida. The Category 5 hurricane caused $55 billion in damages and left dozens dead. #ThisDayInWeatherHistory is one we'll never forget: | The Weather Channel

Today marks 33 years since Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Louisiana. It originally made landfall in Florida as a Category 5 storm on August 24th, 1992. | WWLTV

33 years ago this morning, NWS Miami captured one of the most terrifying radar loops in U.S. history: The eyewall of Category 5 Hurricane Andrew making landfall just south of Miami, Florida. The loop stops because the radar was blown off the roof of the National Hurricane Center. A nearby residence recorded a wind gust of 177 mph. About 63,000 homes were destroyed, and over 101,000 others were damaged. Andrew left roughly 175,000 people homeless, caused $27.3 billion in damage, and left 65 peopl