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August, 1969. hurricane camille has 190 mile per hour sustained winds. the highest winds ever recorded for a hurricane making landfall in the u.s. it demolishes waveland, mississippi, and chews through nearly all of coastal mississippi. all told, camille kills 259 people. august 1992, another category 5 storm. hurricane andrew barrels into south florida. andrew is the last cat 5 to hit the united states. it's been 25 years. >> it's destroyed. we were there during the hurricane. the children are terrified. having nightmares. the whole house, the roof was caving in. >> reporter: after its intens...

25 years ago this month in august 1992, florida got hit by a category 5 hurricane, hurricane andrew. in addition to the immediate concern for human life and well being, there was also a lot of worry at the time about this place. this is called turkey point, florida's oldest nuclear power plant. and as the eye of that hurricane passed over the turkey point nuclear plant in 1992, some of the facilities around the reactor buildings took a beating, including stuff that was supposed to be hurricane-proof. within ten miles of the plant, within ten miles of turkey point, there were 41 warning sirens ...

An up-close look at the inner workings of this storm, this thanks to the brave men and women who fly right into the middle of these meteorological monsters. released this new video of the hurricane hunter team on a very turbulent flight right through the eye wall of hurricane matthew into the eye of the storm. teams like this one take on these dangerous missions. they try to help gather critical data and figure out where this storm is headed. the crew collects information that is difficult for satellites to measure, things like wind speed, temperature, air pressure, and other variables. and ou...

Destructive until two tragic events in the early 1990s insight him to embrace violence. in august 1992, deputy u.s. marshals and fbi agents are involved in a deadly confrontation in idaho with an alleged white supremacist named randy weaver who is suspected of selling illegal firearms. during an 11-day standoff, weaver's son, wife, and a deputy marshal are killed. then on february 28th, 1993, following a gun battle between the atf and members of a religion group called the branch davidians, they lay siege to the group's compound near waco, texas. a cache of weapons is at the center of the cont...

In august 1992, deputy u.s. marshals and fbi agents are involved in a deadly confrontation in northern idaho with an alleged white supremacist named randy weaver. weaver is suspected of selling illegal firearms. during an 11-day standoff, weaver's son, his wife and a deputy u.s. marshal are killed. then on february 28th, 1993, following a gun battle between the atf and members of a religious group called the branch davidians, federal agents lay siege to the group's compound near waco, texas. a suspected cache of illegal weapons is at the center of the controversy. >> mcveigh was just absolutel...