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The ridge that previously kept the hurricane on a west-southwest trajectory shifted east, causing Katrina to turn due west and later west-northwest on August 28. [31] This took the hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico's OHC maximum—OHC values reached 123 kJ cm –2 and sea temperatures of 79 °F (26 °C) extended to a depth of 360 ft (110 m ...
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.
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 ...
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, causing severe flooding damage to cities from New Orleans to Biloxi. New Orleans faced catastrophic flooding, leaving much of the city ...
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same.
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 next day, Sunday, August 28, Katrina became a Category 4 hurricane [7] and eventually evolved into a Category 5 storm the very same day, with winds blowing at about 175 mph (280 km/h). [8] New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin decided not to declare a mandatory evacuation of the city, and instead opened up the Superdome to those who couldn't leave ...