Question: Which caused more damage and casualties, Hurricane Andrew or Tropical Storm Jerry?

Tropical Storm Lidia was a deadly, destructive tropical cyclone that occurred during the 1981 Pacific hurricane season.  It resulted in more casualties and caused greater damage than Hurricane Norma, which took place later that season.  On October 6, a tropical depression formed and strengthened into a tropical storm six hours later.  Lidia brushed the Gulf of California coast of Baja California Sur and made landfall just south of Los Mochis in Sinaloa on October 8.  Tropical Storm Lidia rapidly weakened and dissipated the same day.  Lidia killed at least 73 people and caused at least $80 million (1981 USD) which is equivalent to $193 million (2010 USD) in damage.  It inflicted heavy rain and flooding throughout parts of northwestern Mexico, especially Sinaloa. <SEP>  It was the strongest in decades and the costliest hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the United States until it was surpassed by Katrina in 2005.  Andrew caused major damage in the Bahamas and Louisiana, but the greatest impact was felt in South Florida, with sustained wind speeds as high as 165 mph (270 km/h).  Passing directly through the city of Homestead in Dade County (now known as Miami-Dade County), it stripped many homes of all but their concrete foundations. Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas and Florida in mid-August 1992, the most destructive hurricane to ever hit the state.  In total, it destroyed more than 63,500 houses, damaged more than 124,000 others, caused $26.5 billion in damage, and left 65 people dead. <SEP> Hurricane Jerry caused minor damage in Texas and flash flooding in Kentucky and Virginia in October 1989.  The fourteenth tropical cyclone, tenth named storm of the season, Jerry developed from a tropical wave in the Bay of Campeche on October 12.  Initially a tropical depression, the system moved north-northwestward across the Gulf of Mexico and strengthened into Tropical Storm Jerry early on the following day.  Jerry continuously deepened until October 14 and then maintained intensity while curving northeastward and briefly decelerating.  Later that day, the storm re-curved north-northwestward.  Jerry began to intensify on October 15 and soon became a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale.  Early on October 16, Jerry made landfall on Galveston Island, Texas with winds of 85 mph (140 km/h).  Less than six hours later, Jerry weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression shortly thereafter.  Late on October 16, Jerry was absorbed by a frontal system while situated over southwestern Arkansas. <SEP> Tropical Storm Jerry was a tropical storm that caused severe flooding throughout the southeast United States in August of the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season.  Jerry, the tenth tropical storm of the season, formed from a tropical wave that moved off the African coast in early August, which organized into a tropical depression and tropical storm between the Bahamas and Florida later in the month, before striking Florida in the latter part of the month.  Its remnant circulation persisted until five days after landfall.  The rainfall it produced, amounting to over 12 in in several locations across Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, was responsible for $40 million (2005 USD) in damage and 6 deaths.  At the time, Jerry was the earliest tenth storm to form in a season on record, until Jose in the 2005 season overtook it.  Tropical Storm Jerry was also the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in South Florida since Hurricane Andrew in 1992.