Picture: Hurricane Andrew GOES 7 Satellite Imagery 1km Visible.
August 23, 1992, 1501Z/11 AM EDT
In August of 1992, Hurricane Andrew slammed into South Florida before making a second U.S. landfall in Louisiana. At the time, it was the costliest and most damaging hurricane ever to hit the United States. Thirty years later, Hurricane Andrew is still one of the top five most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the United States.