After briefly strengthening to a tropical storm over south Florida, Katrina entered the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane before weakening to a Category 3 at its landfall on August 29 near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana.
Hurricane Katrina, catastrophic tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in late August 2005. The hurricane and its aftermath claimed nearly 1,400 lives, and it ranked as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
It’s been 20 years since category 3 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana, on Aug. 29, 2005, and the city’s levees broke, causing catastrophic flooding that killed more than a thousand ...
The True Story Behind Katrina: Come Hell and High Water - TIME
Twenty years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near the Louisiana-Mississippi border. The Category 3 hurricane was one of the most-devastating disasters in U.S. history, claiming nearly 1,400 lives and displacing approximately 770,000 people along the Gulf Coast.
New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region are marking the 20 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which occurred on Aug. 29, 2005. The historic predominantly Black community of the Lower 9th Ward...
Hurricane Katrina: A retrospective in photos : The Picture Show : NPR
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Hurricane Katrina (August 2005) became a large and extremely powerful hurricane that caused enormous destruction and significant loss of life. It is the costliest hurricane to ever hit the United States, surpassing the record previously held by Hurricane Andrew from 1992.