Hurricane Katrina was weaker than first thought at landfall
Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast with the 3rd lowest central pressure (920 hPa) of any landfalling hurricane in United States history, but the pressure had been much lower before landfall. During the period of rapid strengthening over the central Gulf, Katrina contained one very...
(“11 Facts About Hurricane Katrina”). It was my very first hurricane and it happens to be the largest and 3rd strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the U.S. (“11 Facts About Hurricane Katrina”). But I wasn’t scared because I had all these kids who have experienced...
Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 23rd, 2005. It was considered a category five hurricane and complete devastated the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, which is my home. At the time I was a merely five years old, but I remember the aftermath. The coming home to empty slabs where houses ...
The flooding in New Orleans nearly a week after Hurricane Katrina hit, taken by NASA's EO-1 satellite on Sept. 6, 2005.(Image credit: NASA) Storm impact As Katrina made landfall, its front-right quadrant, which held the strongest winds, slammed into Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, devas...
By the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall near Buras, Louisiana early on the morning of August 29, 2005, the flooding had already begun. At 5 a.m., an hour before the storm struck land, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which administers the system of levees and floodwalls in and...
Massive Tornado Hits Moore, OK.Mercy Hospital Destroyed in Joplin, MO Tornado.Powerful Earthquake Triggers Tsunami in Pacific.Super Storm Sandy Wipes Out New Jersey Boardwalk.Hurricane KatrinaMakes Landfall in theGulf Coast.Avalanche Buries Highway in Denver. These headlines are all too common these...
Facts about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the effect on New Orleans on the anniversary of the disastrous storm.
Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 storm that made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005. The storm triggered catastrophic flooding, particularly in the city of New Orleans, and caused more than 1,800 deaths.
The hurricane itself did not appear to be extremely abnormal, as Atlantic hurricanes of similar or greater magnitudes have made landfall in the gulf coast over the last 50 years (Keller, 329). However, none of them caused nearly as much damage and death as Hurricane Katrina. With monetary ...