Storm history of Hurricane Katrina
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The storm history of Hurricane Katrina started on August 23, 2012. Hurricane Katrina was a highly destructive Category 5 hurricane which formed as Tropical Depression Twelve near the Bahamas. The next day, the tropical depression strengthened to a tropical storm, and was named Katrina. Katrina continued on to make landfall on the southern part of the U.S. state of Florida as a Category 1 hurricane.
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Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Formed | August 23, 2005 |
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Dissipated | August 30, 2005 |
Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 175 mph (280 km/h) |
Lowest pressure | 902 mbar (hPa); 26.64 inHg |
Areas affected | Bahamas, South Florida, Cuba, Louisiana (especially Greater New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, most of eastern North America |
Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Katrina | |
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While passing across Florida, Katrina weakened to a tropical storm. However, the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico allowed it to rapidly intensify to the sixth strongest Atlantic hurricane in recorded history. Afterwards, Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, and once more near the Mississippi/Louisiana border. Katrina did not stop going northward through the central United States and finally dissipated near the Great Lakes, where it was absorbed by a cold front.