As sad as the loss of more than 2,000 people from these hurricanes, the worst loss of life in u. This makes katrina the third most intense united states u. Maximum sustained winds had again increased to 75 mph. Fema announces a transitionalhousing program, providing rental assistance to.
Hurricane katrina was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the united states. A national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa map of. This wikipedia article contains a detailed historical timeline of the events of hurricane katrina. For an interactive map of the atlanticgulf hurricane visit the noaa office for coastal. Katrina became a hurricane on august 25, 2005 within 24 hours of naming katrina as a tropical storm, noaa classified the storm as a hurricane. Hurricane katrina august 2005 national weather service. Hurricane katrina was a category 5 hurricane that hit louisiana on august 29, 2005. Russel honor, commander, joint task force katrina, said that the gulf states began the process of requesting additional forces on friday, 826. Click for a larger map of the galveston 1900 hurricane.
Storm surge map depicting a portion of storm surge data. Hurricane katrina was a category 5 tropical cyclone that occurred in august 2005, which. Events timeline for hurricane katrina including dates and news items. Administration noaa map of hurricane katrina shows the route. The new york times has a sliding timeline showing the areas of repopulation for the new orleans area. The interagency performance evaluation task force was a group of government, academic and private sector scientists and engineers who conducted a forensic investigation of the ef. Timeline meteorological history tornado outbreak preparations.
This timeline is a companion to our podcast floodlines. So in terms of lives lost, katrina and sandy killed more than 2,000 people, whereas the hurricane harvey death toll was less than 100 people. The new york times has a sliding timeline showing the areas of. Hurricane irma was the most powerful atlantic hurricane in recorded history. Katrina was then a large category 3 hurricane see appendix a for saffirsimpson scale with winds of 125 mph and a central pressure of 920 millibars mb. There are some postkatrina repopulation maps out there. Hurricane katrina made landfall on august 29, 2005, in southeastern louisiana, with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph.
Hurricane katrina changed the gulf coast landscape and face of its culture when it hit in 2005. Hurricane katrina first made landfall in florida as a mere tropical storm. Lsu models show the possibility of catastrophic flooding if the storm hits new orleans. Hurricane katrina hit florida before new orleans the first state in the united states that hurricane katrina hit was not louisiana or mississippi. It was a category 5 storm when it made landfall on barbuda on september 6, 2017. Map plotting the track and the intensity of the storm, according to the saffirsimpson. Hurricane katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern united states in august 2005, breaching levees and causing widespread damage and deaths. It was the sixthstrongest atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third. It is now tropical storm katrina, the 11th named storm of 2005, about 230 miles 370 kilometers east of miami. Welcome to the practical guide to hurricane plotting and tracking, filled with tidbits and other miscellaneous information. But the cycle refueled over the gulf of mexico and grew into a category 5.
An instrumented tower run by the florida coastal monitoring program fcmp at. In 2019, 87% of world visions total operating expenses were used for programs. Heres what hurricane katrina looked like nearpeak intensity as it barreled down on the gulf coast. Here you may find the answer to a lot of your trivial but oh so frustrating when you cant find the answer questions. Fema has hurricane katrina flood recovery maps available that show the. A practical guide to hurricane tracking and plotting the.
Hurricane katrina flattened much of the coast of louisiana and mississippi. Hurricanes in history national hurricane center noaa. Kathleen blanco declares state of emergency in louisiana office of the governor. An instrumented tower run by the florida coastal monitoring program. Katrina and urged congress to approve a massive reconstruction program. Tropical depression that will later become hurricane katrina begins to form over the. Coastal storm surge flooding of 20 to 30 feet above normal tide levels, along with large and dangerous battering waves, occurred near and to the east of where the center of. Key events show the progression and setbacks of the damage, rescue and rebuilding. Moving northwestward, it became tropical storm katrina during the following day. Its hurricaneforce winds reached 75 nautical miles east. An aerial view of hurricane katrina shutterstock the atlantic.