Florida is known for its coastal views, and that's where much of the population growth is happening. “In Florida that growing and spreading means ... we are putting more people in the path of these tropical storms," Stephen Strader, a geography professor at Villanova who studies the effects of natural disasters, said. When Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992 as a monster Category 5 storm, the state's population was around 13 million. Since then it's ballooned to 21.5 million. #florida #hurricane