Hurricane Andrew
Florida

Hurricane Andrew

Section Title: Florida
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Strongest U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones

Rank	Hurricane	Season	Wind speed

mph	km/h

1	"Labor Day"	1935	185	295

2	Yutu	2018	180	285

3	Karen	1962	175	280

Camille	1969

5	Andrew	1992	165	270

6	"Okeechobee"	1928	160	260

Michael	2018	160	260

8	"Guam"	1900	155	250

Maria	2017

10

"Last Island"	1856	150	240

"Indianola"	1886

"Florida Keys"	1919

"Freeport"	1932

Charley	2004

Source: HURDAT, Hurricane Research Division, NHC

Strength refers to maximum sustained wind speed upon striking land.

Sentence(s)

Hurricane Andrew had winds of 175 mph (280 km/h).

final_sentence: Hurricane Andrew had winds of 175 mph (280 km/h).