Summary poster on Hurricane Katrina

HURRIC
ANE Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck
the south-eastern United States in late August
KATRIN 2005. The hurricane and its aftermath claimed
more than 1,800 lives, and it ranked as the

A:
costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

DEVELOPMENT:
- Became a hurricane on august 23rd 2005 after a tropical depression over the
Bahamas approx. 350 miles from Miami
- It reached land in Florida as a category 1 storm on the Saffir Simpson scale
- Storm spent 8 hours over land before reaching the warm waters of the gulf of
Mexico
- 27th august it became a category 3 with top wind speeds of 115 mph
- 29th august it became a category 4 with the most powerful Atlantic storm on
record
- A storm surge more than 26 feet slammed into the coastal cities of Gulfport,
Biloxi, Missipi

DAMAGE:
- Afternoon of 29th 20% of the city industrial canal was underwater
- August 30th – 80% of the city was underwater  The economic cost of
Hurricane Katrina’s
damage was
estimated to be
approximately $125
billion, making it one
of the costliest natural
disasters in U.S.
history.


 Hurricane
Katrina struck the
Gulf Coast of the
United States on
August 29, 2005, as
AFTERMATH OF HURICANE KATRINA IN NEW ORLEANS a Category 3
hurricane.
CATERGORY 5 – Gulf of  The hurricane’s
powerful winds and
Mexico storm surge caused
massive destruction
along the coasts of
Louisiana,
Mississippi, and

Alabama.