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The hurricane subsequently weakened due to another eyewall replacement cycle, and Katrina made its second landfall at 1110 UTC on August 29, as a high-end Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph (201 km/h), near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana. At landfall, hurricane-force winds extended outward 120 miles (190 km) from the center and the ...
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.
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.
September 19, 2024 at 10:50 AM. After a brief lull in August, the Atlantic hurricane season has picked up again, with the National Hurricane Center tracking three tropical systems this week. This ...
Katrina’s death toll is the fourth highest of any hurricane in U.S. history — after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which killed between 8,000 and 12,000 people; Hurricane Maria, which killed ...
Flooding in Port Arthur from Hurricane Harvey. From 1980 to the present, 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas.According to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about three times every four years, and on any 50 mi (80 km) segment of the coastline a hurricane makes landfall about once every six years.
Social effects of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina had many social effects, due the significant loss and disruption of lives it caused. The number of fatalities, direct and indirect, related to Katrina is 1,833 [1] and over 400,000 people were left homeless. The hurricane left hundreds of thousands of people without access to their homes or ...
SEE MORE: Special coverage on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina According to the AP, two separate holes were torn into the roof, "each about 15 to 20 feet (6.1 m) long and 4 to 5 feet (1.5 ...