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Here is the infamous radar loop of Hurricane Andrew's landfall on August 24, 1992. The loop stops when Andrew's wind blew the radar off the building housing the National Hurricane Center. Notice a few rain bands in Palm Beach County. Nothing significant here. The major damage was in Miami-Dade county. Thanks again to University of Miami scientist Brian McNoldy | Mike Lyons WPBF

Hurricane Andrew, which hit Florida in 1992, was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history and forever changed Florida’s approach to natural disasters. Twenty-five years later, we have Hurricane Irma, a storm that experts predict will be even worse. Below is a comparison of Irma and Andrew at scale. Stunning. One recent estimate showed that Irma packs more than five times Andrew’s destructive potential. Its hurricane-force winds cover an area roughly the size of Massachusetts. 📰 http://grist.org/