They weren't true, and hopefully this is the same situation.
That is my hope as well. When disasters such as this one strike, the scariest reports get the most play.
To this day you can asks rescue service and the police in this area about the deaths from Andrew. They will tell you it was much higher, MUCH higher than is reported as the official death toll.
The Homestead area then, and to this day, has migrant work camps, many who are there are illegals. Some of these camps were destroyed with the people in them. It was not reported.
When I first heard about this I thought it was just an urban legend until I was shown pictures of dead bodies that were found after the storm. I've also talked to enough people who claim to have seen the bodies being removed, or who helped remove the bodies, to not question these stories anymore.