Hurricane Andrew is the second-most-destructive hurricane in U.S. history, and the last of three Category 5 hurricanes that made U.S. landfall during the 20th century, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. The storm caused 65 deaths.
The first named storm of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season, Andrew struck the northwestern Bahamas, southern Florida south of Miami, and southwest Louisiana around Morgan City, Louisiana in August. Andrew caused $26.5 billion in damage ($38.1 billion in 2006 US dollars), with most of that damage cost in south Florida. Its central pressure ranks as fourth-lowest in U.S. landfall records and Andrew was the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history until surpassed by Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 season. The name "Andrew" was retired in 1993 and will not be used again for an Atlantic hurricane. The name was replaced by Alex for the 1998 season.