Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Asati asvika muLouisiana musi waAugust 26, Andrew akakuvadza zvikuru nzvimbo dzinocherwa mafuta muGulf of Mexico, zvichiita kuti makambani anocherwa mafuta arasikirwe nemari inosvika mamiriyoni $500. Yakagadzira mhepo dzesimba redutu munzira yayo ichipfuura nomuLouisiana, ichikuvadza nharaunda huru dzetambo dzamagetsi idzo dzakasiya vanhu vanenge 230 000 vasina magetsi. Miti inopfuura 80% yomurwizi rwaAtchafalaya yakatemwa, uye kurima ikoko kwakaparadzwa. Munharaunda yacho yose uye muBayou Lafourche, hove dzemvura inotapira dzinokwana mamiriyoni 187 dzakaurayiwa nedutu racho. Nemisha 23 000 yakakuvadzwa, mimwe 985 yakaparadzwa, uye dzimba dzinotakurika 1,951 dzakaparadzwa, kurasikirwa nezvinhu muLouisiana kwakapfuura $1.5 bhiriyoni. Dutu iri rakakonzera kufa kwevanhu gumi nevanomwe mudunhu iri, vatanhatu vavo vakanyura mugungwa. Andrew akaita kuti pave nemadutu anosvika 28 muGulf Coast, kunyanya muAlabama, Georgia, uye Mississippi. Pamwe chete, Andrew akasiya vanhu 65 vafa uye akaparadza zvinhu zvaikosha mabhiriyoni 27 300 emadhora. Andrew parizvino ndiyo dutu rechinomwe rinodhura kwazvo reAtlantic kurova United States, shure kweKatrina (2005), Ike (2008), Sandy (2012), Harvey (2017), Irma (2017), naMaria
(2017), uyewo dutu rechisere rinodhura zvikuru reAtlantic, riri shure kwezvakataurwa pamusoro apa uye Wilma (2005). Dutu iri ndiro dutu rechitatu rakasimba kupfuura mamwe ose rakamborova nyika yeUnited States pamwero wemhepo yaimhanya (165 mph).