Here's a look at the strongest hurricanes have struck the United States since the early 1900s.
With top wind speeds of 162 miles per hour and maximum sustained winds of 161 miles per hour, it caused damage from wind and storm surges, especially from Panama City Beach to Mexico Beach to Cape San Blas.The storm remained at hurricane strength into southwest Georgia.Homes ripped apart by Hurricane Andrew seen in Dade City, Florida, Sept. 1, 1992.struck in the early morning hours of Aug. 24, 1992, hitting with devastating force in southern Florida.
The storm caused about $26 billion damage, a record until Hurricane Katrina 13 years later. Most of the damage occurred in the southern part of Dade County. Some 49,000 homes were destroyed and another 108,000 were damaged. The hardest hit community was Homestead, where more than 99% of mobile homes or 1,167 out of 1,176 were demolished.The shrimper"Wade Klein" is thrown against a house facing the beach in Biloxi, Mississippi, Aug.
The hurricane destroyed all of the wind-recording instruments in the area, according to the National Weather Service, so the actual maximum sustained winds are not known. Peak winds were about 175 miles per hour, according to later analysis of data.in damage, in adjusted costs. The value is based on the 2022 Consumer Price Index adjusted cost.A hotel in Matecumbe Key, Florida, is reduced to rubble as seen in this Sept.
Those included about 260 World War I veterans who were working on the Overseas Highway in a federal relief project. They were from the Bonus Army, soldiers who camped out at the steps of the U.S. Capitol in the early 1930s to demand compensation promised by the federal government, according to the. They were dispersed by U.S. Army troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur in 1932.
A rescue train failed to reach them and Ernest Hemingway wrote an essay,"Who Murdered the Vets?" that was published days after the hurricane.