Hurricane Andrew Research Paper
Hurricane Andrew developed from a tropical wave that developed off the African coast on August 14,1992.
On the 16th of August it became labeled as a tropical depression and on August 17th it became a tropical storm and traveled northwest towards Lesser Antilles.
By August 21, Andrew was midway between Bermuda and Puerto Rico and turning westward.On the morning of August 22th, the storm continued to strengthen and became a category 4 hurricane with winds of 175 mph.
After briefly weakening over the Bahamas, Andrew regained Category 4 status as it made its way across south Florida on August 24.
Andrew continued west into the Gulf of Mexico, where it turned north.
This brought Andrew to the central Louisiana coast on August 26 as a Category
On the 16th of August it became labeled as a tropical depression and on August 17th it became a tropical storm and traveled northwest towards Lesser Antilles.
By August 21, Andrew was midway between Bermuda and Puerto Rico and turning westward.On the morning of August 22th, the storm continued to strengthen and became a category 4 hurricane with winds of 175 mph.
After briefly weakening over the Bahamas, Andrew regained Category 4 status as it made its way across south Florida on August 24.
Andrew continued west into the Gulf of Mexico, where it turned north.
This brought Andrew to the central Louisiana coast on August 26 as a Category