Do you remember where you were when Hurricane Andrew hit? August 24, 2024 marks 32 years since its historical and deadly devastation.

The Bahamas and Louisiana felt it, but South Florida took a direct hit.

Beginning as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa, Andrew slammed into the Metro Dade (Now Miami-Dade) cities of Cutler Bay and Homestead while it was still dark outside on that fateful day in 1992, as a Category 5 monster with maximum sustained winds at one time of 165 mph.

Andrew slowly attacked other areas to the north, hitting Fort Myers and the Gulf Coast, with storm warnings expanding from Mississippi to Louisiana.

During the time, President Bush declared South Florida a federal disaster area, and with good reason.

Andrew:

Completely destroyed more than 63,500 homes, damaged an additional 124,000 homes, caused $26.5 billion in damages and killed 65 people in its path.

940WINZ (now 610WIOD) was live as we always are:

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