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Most costly hurricane: Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm (156 m.p.h. winds at Florida landfall) during Aug. 16-27, 1992. Total damage in south Florida and southeast Louisiana was $26.5 billion.
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Tom Skilling is chief meteorologist at WGN-TV. His forecasts can be seen Monday through Friday on WGN-TV News at noon and 9 p.m.
WGN-TV meteorologists Steve Kahn, Richard Koeneman and Paul Dailey plus weather producer Bill Snyder contribute to this page.
