Hurricane Andrew

category 5 hurricane landfall · Homestead

Year

1992

Community

Homestead · municipality

Status as of 11 September 2026

historical

Historical state

Andrew affected

Connections

20 edges, 20 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.107 (rank 2 of 371) · moves and capital only 0.001 (rank 6)

Confidence

Medium · sources: [T36], [T37] (register) · source upgrade flagged

Hurricane Andrew makes landfall at Elliott Key and then near Homestead early on 24 August 1992 with winds of about 165 mph and a pressure of 922 mb. It destroys more than 63,500 houses and damages more than 124,000 others in Dade County, leaves about 175,000 people homeless and causes about 25.3 billion dollars of damage in Florida in 1992 dollars. Most of the 2,000 buildings at Homestead Air Force Base are severely damaged, four of five Naranja Lakes condominium buildings are destroyed and Florida City loses more than 120 homes.

Connections

Lineage

• spawnedWe Will RebuildCommittee formed in response to the storm1992
• spawnedHurricane Andrew federal disaster relief (HR 5620)HR 5620 passed 18 September 19921992
• spawnedFEMA Hurricane Andrew recoverydisaster declaration DR-9551992
• spawnedHomestead Main StreetMain Street designation follows the storm1993
• spawnedBranches Florida Citychildren's programme started for storm hit Florida City1993
• spawnedHomestead Community Redevelopment AgencyRedevelopment agency created two years after the storm1992 to 1994
• spawnedHABDI base reuse planbase closure recommendation after the storm leads to the reuse plan1992 to 1994
• spawnedHomestead Miami SpeedwayCity recruited Sanchez's track as a recovery project after the storm1992 to 1995
• spawnedHomestead Air Base Developers Inc (HABDI)Surplus base land after Andrew triggered the airport proposal1992 to 1996
• spawnedNaranja Lakes Community Redevelopment AgencyCRA plan cites more than a decade of Andrew recovery1992 to 2002

Influence

• shapedNaranjaFour of five Naranja Lakes condominium buildings destroyed; twelve year recovery1992
• shapedHomesteadLandfall near Homestead; city devastated1992
• shapedFlorida CityMore than 120 homes demolished, 700 damaged1992
• shapedSeminole Theatrestorm damage leads owners to donate the theatre to the city1992 to 1993
• shapedDeering EstateSurge over 16 feet; seven year, 7.2 million dollar restoration1992
• shapedLeisure CityWidespread structural damage; five year economic depression1992
• shapedHomestead Air Reserve BaseMost of the base's 2,000 buildings severely damaged1992
• shapedCutler RidgeLandfall near Cutler Ridge, almost total destruction1992
• shapedShiver's BBQrestaurant wrecked, reopened 3 September 19931992 to 1993
• shapedHarris Field and Doc DeMilly Rodeo Arenarodeo grounds destroyed and rebuilt1992 to 1994
• shapedHomestead AFB realignment, 1993 to 1994Storm damage prompts the closure recommendation1993
• shapedSouth Miami-Dade BuswayAfter Hurricane Andrew planners reject a $300 million heavy rail extension as too costly and choose the busway, TCRP case study1992 to 1997
• shapedPalmetto Bay incorporates, 2002Homeowners petition in 1995 after post storm frustration with county services1992 to 2002
• shapedCutler Bay incorporation vote, 2005Recovery frustrations start the incorporation movement in 19981992 to 2005

Located

• located inHomesteadSits in Homestead by address or centroid1992