Hurricane Andrew: FIU professor says storm's legacy helps hurricane research
Erik Salna said Andrew is very much a lasting memory at Florida International University.
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Erik Salna said Andrew is very much a lasting memory at Florida International University.
On this day in 1992, Hurricane Andrew pummeled southern Miami-Dade, causing $30 billion in damage, and more than 40 deaths.
For South Florida, the hurricane touchstone is 1992's Hurricane Andrew.
CBS4's Hank Tester reports on how Hurricane Ian compared to Hurricane Andrew.
CBS News Miami takes a look at Hurricane Andrew on its 30-year mark, focusing on the many ways the storm changed South Florida. With our NEXT Weather Reality technology, we will demonstrate how storm forecasting accuracy has improved dramatically since 1992. That same technology is also used to demonstrate what might happen if a storm like Andrew struck the same area today.
Hurricane Andrew devastated parts of South Florida 30 years ago, this week
You never forget the sound of the howling wind on the morning of August 24, 1992, when Hurricane Andrew made landfall in South Florida.
CBS4's Eliott Rodriguez reports on the 30th-year mark since Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida.
NEXT Weather Chief Meteorologist and Hurricane Specialist Ivan Cabrera reports on how far technolgy has come since the devastation that was Hurricane Andrew.
CBS4 spoke with Chuck and Shari Heyman, whose home in southwest Miami-Dade was levelled by the Category 5 storm.
At a presser featuring local, state and federal emergency management leaders, the memories of Andrew ran deep.
At a presser featuring local, state and federal emergency management leaders, the memories of Andrew ran deep.
Thirty years ago this week on August 24th, 1992 Hurricane Andrew cut like a buzz saw through South Miami-Dade County.
On this day in 1992, which was 29 years ago, Hurricane Andrew smashed into South Florida, pummeled south Miami-Dade, causing $30 billion in damage and more than 40 deaths.
It was 28 years ago today, August 24th, that Hurricane Andrew roared ashore and pummeled south Miami-Dade.
It was 26 years ago today, August 24th, that Hurricane Andrew roared ashore and pummeled south Miami-Dade.
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Twenty years ago, Hurricane Andrew, the worst natural disaster in the U.S. history demolished South Miami- Dade.
It was 25 years ago this week that Hurricane Andrew pummeled south Miami-Dade.
Hurricane Andrew is one of those events where you remember exactly where you were and who you were with.
CBS4 Chief Meteorologist Craig Setzer's conversation with Bryan Norcross ahead of the 25 year anniversary of Hurricane Andrew.
In the morning dark, 25 years ago a howling wind blew across South Miami-Dade and when dawn broke it revealed unspeakable ruin.
Twenty-five years ago, Hurricane Andrew roared through Miami-Dade County, cutting a path of devastation unlike any other storm that could be remembered.
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A 16-year-old lifeguard is being hailed a hero after rescuing a boy from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month.
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The Miami Dolphins said that Tom Garfinkel will remain a part of the organization.
A 16-year-old lifeguard is being hailed a hero after rescuing a boy from a rip current off the coast of Santa Cruz, California, last month.
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A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
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