8. Hurricane Andrew
Year: 1992
Maximum speed: 175 mph
Death toll: 65
Damage cost: $26.5 million
When if finally hit Florida, it belonged to Category 5 and only a bit later developed into a category 4 hurricane. Sadly, 63,000 homes were destroyed and 124,000 were damaged. But people weren’t the only ones to suffer. 187 million freshwater fish were killed in the basin and Bayou Lafourche.