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Apr 16, 2024 · Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in August 2005, breaching levees and causing widespread death and damage. Ultimately, the storm caused more than $160 billion in damage, and it reduced the population of New Orleans by 29 percent between the fall of 2005 and 2011.
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- Katrina first made landfall in South Florida. The storm initially formed as a tropical depression southeast of the Bahamas on August 23. By the evening of August 25, when it made landfall north of the Broward-Miami-Dade county line, it had intensified into a category 1 hurricane.
- Katrina Stalled over the Gulf of Mexico, gaining strength. In this satellite image, a close-up of the center of Hurricane Katrina's rotation is seen at 9:45 a.m.
- The eye of the storm hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana on August 29. On the morning of August 29, 2005, Katrina made landfall around 60 miles southeast of New Orleans.
- Half of New Orleans’s 350-mile-long protection system of levees and flood walls was overwhelmed. At 5 a.m. on August 29, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which administered the levees, received a report that water had broken through the concrete flood wall between the 17th Street Canal and the city.
Jan 16, 2019 · Learn about the costliest storm in U.S. history, its impact on New Orleans and coastal Louisiana, and the controversies and challenges it exposed. Find out how Katrina formed, how it hit land, and what happened after the storm.
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Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about the history, causes and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Category 3 storm that hit the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005. Find out how levees failed, people died, and the federal government response was slow and ineffective. Explore the facts and figures of the affected areas, lives lost, and recovery efforts.
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Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,836 fatalities and damages estimated between $97.4 billion to $145.5 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area.
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Aug 27, 2015 · Katrina was the most destructive storm to strike the United States and the costliest storm in U.S. history, causing $108 billion in damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Aug 23, 2013 · Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. After levees and flood walls protecting New Orleans failed, much of the city was underwater. AFP/Getty Images. A helicopter rescues a family from...
