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Before Irma, there was Andrew. Which was worse?

People enjoy the beach next to a washed-up sailboat from Hurricane Irma at Miami Marine Stadium. At first blush, the Irma toll falls short of Andrew. Damage from Irma in Florida was less intense but more widespread, and the death toll so far is less. Washington Post photo by Ricky Carioti
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The Washington Post · Peter Whoriskey

The specter of Hurricane Andrew haunted Florida last week. Though its winds - which lifted the roofs from tens of thousands of homes - had vanished 25 years ago, the storm remained the stuff of Floridian nightmares.

And yet, Hurricane Irma seemed destined to be worse.

It was among the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic. Much broader…

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