On this day in 1992, Hurricane Andrew struck southern Florida in South Miami-Dade County (then known as Dade County) as a Category 5 storm, packing sustained winds of 165 mph and gusts up to 200 mph. Andrew caused an estimated $26 billion in damage in the United States, making it the most expensive natural disaster in United States history at the time, not to be surpassed until Hurricane Katrina 13 years later. In Homestead, Florida—the hardest hit community—more than 99% of the mobile homes wer