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Friday, August 26, 2005. At 1:00 AM EDT, maximum sustained winds had decreased to 70 mph (110 km/h) and Katrina was downgraded to a tropical storm. At 5:00 AM EDT, the eye of Hurricane Katrina was located just offshore of southwestern Florida over the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Key West, Florida.
As the center of Hurricane Katrina passed southeast of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, winds downtown were in the Category 1 range with frequent intense gusts. The storm surge caused approximately 23 breaches in the drainage canal and navigational canal levees and flood walls.
v. t. e. Tiger Stadium in 2005 during one of the Saints' four home games there. They also played three home games at the Alamodome and one at Giants Stadium. Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29, 2005 and caused extensive damage to the Louisiana Superdome. As a result, the National Football League (NFL)'s ...
On this day in history, Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana — causing massive destruction. Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast early that morning as ...
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Hurricane Katrina. The Southeastern United States, extending from South Florida to Louisiana and areas inland, was severely affected by Hurricane Katrina, causing many deaths and billions in damages. After developing on August 23, Katrina made landfall near the border of Broward and Miami-Dade counties with 80 mph (130 km/h) winds on August 25.
New Orleans Saints folk hero Steve Gleason, the former special teams player who blocked an iconic punt in the team's first game in the Superdome following Hurricane Katrina, has been stabilized ...
The storm surge also devastated the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, making Katrina one of the most destructive hurricanes, the costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States (tied with Hurricane Harvey in 2017), [42] and the deadliest hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The total damage from Katrina is estimated at ...