Case Study of Impacts of a Tropical Storm in an HIC

Note: this is based on my own research and 'fact's are different from site to site..so it could be different from what you find! 
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew.html

What Are The Impacts Of A Tropical Storm In An HIC?
Case Study: Hurricane Andrew - Florida, USA (August 1992)

Fact File

Date: 24^th August 1992

Category: 4

Ocean it formed in: Eastern Atlantic

Direction it came from: Travelled in West & Northwest direction- headed                               towards the Lesser Antilles

Name of a city affected: Florida

Wind speed: 240km/h (150 mph)

Storm surge: 5 metres

Effects

Deaths: 30

Injuries: hundreds seriously injured

Cost of damage: Total cost estimated over ₤50 billion, Insurance claims in excess of ₤12 billion

No. of homes destroyed: 25,000 homes destroyed, 100,000 badly damaged

Number of homeless: 175,000 in South Florida alone

Damage to transport infrastructure: 52 roads blocked, 9,500 traffic signals damaged

Electricity supplies: 5311 metres of power cables destroyed, 1.3 million homes and businesses left without power

Most damage caused by winds or storm surge: Winds

Environmental damage: Hundreds of hectares of forest flattened, 25,000 gallons of oil spilled into Biscayne Bay, 33% of coral reefs damaged at Biscayne National Park, Killed 7 million fish due to depleted oxygen in waterways, 8% of all Florida agriculture destroyed

Other effects: 82,000 businesses destroyed/closed down, 120,300 job losses

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