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Hurricane Katrina was a powerful and devastating 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's two periods of rapid intensification were fueled by the warm waters of the Gulf Loop Current (altimetry-derived sea heights and water current flows on August 22 pictured). [29] [30] Emerging over the Gulf of Mexico around 05:00 UTC on August 26, Katrina quickly regained strength and became a hurricane just one hour later.
August 29, 2021 - Hurricane Ida made landfall at Port Fourchon, Louisiana as a high-end Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, the same day as the 16th anniversary of Katrina making landfall in the state. 33 people were killed and at least $18 billion in insured damage was inflicted across the state.
On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast -- leaving its mark as one of the strongest storms to ever impact the U.S. coast. Devastation ranged from Louisiana to Alabama to ...
It ties with Hurricane Katrina as the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. Track Map of Hurricane Hazel, Saffir–Simpson Scale, 1954. Hurricane Hazel. Year: 1954. Death Toll: 95 (in the U.S.)
A Waffle House mostly reduced to rubble in Biloxi, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Waffle House Index is a metric named after the ubiquitous Southern US restaurant chain Waffle House known for its 24-hour, 365-day service. [1]
On this day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast. The Hurricane, which at one point reached category 5, was the most devastating natural disaster to hit the United States. New Orleans ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...