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Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia

Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the fourth-most ...

Hurricane Katrina - August 2005 - National Weather Service

Katrina's maximum windspeeds at landfall near Grand Isle, LA may have been as high as 140mph. As Katrina moved further north and made a second landfall along ...

Hurricane Katrina | Deaths, Damage, & Facts | Britannica

Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in August 2005, breaching levees and causing widespread death ...

Hurricane Katrina | George W. Bush Library

When it made landfall in southeast Louisiana on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina was classified as a Category 3, with recorded wind speeds of 140 miles per ...

Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts - CNN

The total damage from Katrina is estimated to be $125 billion (or $193.8 billion in 2023 dollars), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Hurricane Katrina: Challenges for the Community - NCBI

The affected area of Hurricane Katrina covered three states and approximately 90000 square miles. In the state of Louisiana alone, approximately 1.7 million ...

1 Tropical Cyclone Report Hurricane Katrina 23-30 August 2005 ...

It was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States. Katrina first caused fatalities and damage in.

Facts for Features: Katrina Impact | The Data Center

Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures resulted in the deaths of at least 986 Louisiana residents. The major causes of death include: drowning (40%), injury ...

NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge 15th Anniversary of Hurricane ...

Katrina became a hurricane just before making landfall near the Miami-Dade/Broward county line during the evening of August 25. The hurricane moved ...

Hurricane Katrina: Facts, FAQs, and how to help - World Vision

The failure of levees in New Orleans led to catastrophic flooding, with approximately 80% of the city submerged. Hurricane Katrina resulted in ...

Hurricane Katrina - The New York Times

A new scripted series on Apple TV+ dramatizes the crisis faced by a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina, as the waters and the death toll rose.

Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned - Chapter Five

After reviewing and analyzing the response to Hurricane Katrina, we identified seventeen specific lessons the Federal government has learned.

Hurricane Katrina - Gulf Islands National Seashore (U.S. National ...

In August of 2005, a catastrophic hurricane hit Florida, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina caused destruction from which many communities ...

Hurricane Katrina - NASA Earth Observatory

Katrina came ashore as a powerful Category 4 storm over southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi, causing catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities.

Hurricanes in History

Katrina brought hurricane conditions to southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama. ... The National Hurricane Center also maintains ...

History Of Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans & Company

Because of the threat of Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Ray Nagin issued a mandatory evacuation for the city of New Orleans. About 80 percent of the city evacuated, ...

Hurricane Katrina, 2005 - Research Guides at LSU

Katrina made landfall as a category 3 hurricane, with a storm surge of 12 ft, a wind speed of 125 mph, and 15 inches of rainfall. It is ...

Chapter Four: A Week of Crisis (August 29 - September 5)

Hurricane Katrina's powerful winds, storm surge, and subsequent flooding destroyed communities and infrastructure along the Gulf Coast.

Hurricane Katrina - NASA Earth Observatory

Katrina is comparable in intensity to Hurricane Camille of 1969, only larger,”warned the National Hurricane Center on Sunday, August 28, 2005.

Hurricane Katrina - Met Office

A map of the maximum wind speeds which were recorded during the Hurricane Katrina episode is shown. Although the winds did not directly kill many people, it did ...