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Hurricane Katrina's winds and storm surge reached the Mississippi coastline on the morning of August 29, 2005, [2] [3] beginning a two-day path of destruction through central Mississippi; by 10 a.m. CDT on August 29, 2005, the eye of Katrina began traveling up the entire state, only slowing from hurricane-force winds at Meridian near 7 p.m. and ...
The first hurricane to cause at least $1 billion in damage was Betsy in 1965, which caused much of its damage in southeastern Louisiana. Four years later, Camille caused over $1 billion in damage as it ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi at landfall, and Virginia after moving inland. After the 1960s, each decade saw an increase in tropical ...
The economic effects of Hurricane Katrina, which hit Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Mississippi in late August 2005, were far-reaching. In 2006, the Bush administration sought over $100 billion for repairs and reconstruction in the region, making the storm the costliest natural disaster in US history. [ 1 ]
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 ...
The hurricane caused catastrophic damage in Miami and along the Gulf Coast. ... including Katrina. Normalized losses for the 1900 season, which included the Galveston hurricane, put it third at ...
Hurricane Katrina. Year: 2005. Location: Three landfalls, one in Keating Beach, ... Damage: $125 billion (2005 dollars) What happened: Ranked as the deadliest storm since 1950, Katrina is tied ...
Hurricane Iniki of the 1992 Pacific hurricane season is still the costliest central Pacific hurricane on record. [13] Only six Pacific hurricanes have caused over one billion dollars in damage; the three mentioned above, as well as Hurricane Odile, Tropical Storm Agatha, and Hurricane John. [14] [15] [16]
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