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In the two months after Katrina struck south Florida, Hurricane Rita brushed the region in late September with tropical storm-force winds and flooding rains. [106] In late October, Hurricane Wilma struck southwestern Florida as a major hurricane, affecting the Miami area with hurricane-force winds that left 98% of south Florida without power. [107]
The island community of roughly 1,300 residents suffered some of the worst storm-surge damage in Sarasota County and Southwest Florida after Milton made landfall about 20 miles north on Siesta Key ...
The reconstruction of New Orleans refers to the rebuilding process endured by the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of the city on August 29, 2005. The storm caused levees to fail, releasing tens of billions of gallons of water. The levee failure contributed to extensive flooding in the New Orleans area and surrounding ...
The Florida Keys was spared much of the damage that Hurricane Ian inflicted on Fort Myers and other areas of the state’s Gulf Coast, but the powerful storm brought significant surge to the ...
July 5, 2005 – Hurricane Cindy brought wind gusts of 70 mph (110 km/h) to New Orleans, downing many trees. Rainfall also left scattered street flooding. With thousands losing electrical power, the city experienced its worst blackout since Hurricane Betsy in 1965, only to be trumped by Hurricane Katrina less than eight weeks later.
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WFLA) — Southern Sarasota County was hard hit by two hurricanes in two weeks. In Englewood, some residents experienced more than five feet of storm surge. As the surge came in ...
The National Weather Service's New Orleans/Baton Rouge office issued a vividly worded bulletin on August 28 predicting that the area would be "uninhabitable for weeks" after "devastating damage" caused by Katrina, which at that time rivaled the intensity of Hurricane Camille. [17]
Rainfall in New Orleans totaled 5-7 inches, and some pockets got 8 inches, he said. On the Northshore, some places even saw double digits in rainfall. Flooding in the region was "no surprise ...