Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia Hurricane Katrina was a powerful, devastating and historic tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area It is tied with Hurricane Harvey as being the costliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin
Hurricane Katrina | Deaths, Damage, Facts | Britannica Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in late August 2005 The hurricane and its aftermath claimed more than 1,800 lives, and it ranked as the costliest natural disaster in U S history
Hurricane Katrina - August 2005 - National Weather Service 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
Hurricane Katrina: Facts, Damage Aftermath | Live Science Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States An estimated 1,833 people died in the hurricane and the flooding that followed in late August 2005,
Hurricane Katrina facts and information | National Geographic Hurricane Katrina made landfall off the coast of Louisiana on August 29, 2005 It hit land as a Category 3 storm with winds reaching speeds as high as 120 miles per hour Because of the ensuing
Microsoft Word - AL122005_Katrina_update_20230104 Katrina was an extraordinarily powerful and deadly hurricane that carved a wide swath of catastrophic damage and inflicted large loss of life It was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States
Historic Disasters - Hurricane Katrina - FEMA. gov Thomas John and baby brothers are among the 18,000 Hurricane Katrina survivors that are housed in the Red Cross shelter at the Astrodome and Reliant Center, after evacuating New Orleans
20 Years Later: Hurricane Katrina Leaves Lasting Imprint on a City and . . . As the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, we caught up with Michelle Whetten, Enterprise’s vice president and market leader for the Gulf Coast, for her reflections on how rebuilding from the unprecedented storm and the flooding that followed has transformed Gulf Coast communities, landscapes, and lives