Hurricane Katrina
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| Category 5 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Hurricane Katrina at peak strength on August 28, 2005 | |
| Formed | 23 August 2005 |
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| Dissipatit | 30 August 2005 |
| Heichest winds | 1-meenit susteened: 175 mph (280 km/h) |
| Lawest pressur | 902 mbar (hPa); 26.64 inHg |
| Fatalities | 1,833 confirmed[1] |
| Damage | $108 billion (2005 USD) (Costliest hurricane in US history[2]) |
| Pairt o the 2005 Atlantic hurricane saison | |
Hurricane Katrina wis the deadliest an maist destructive Atlantic hurricane o the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, particularly hittin the Gulf o Mexico coastlines o Louisiana (includin New Orleans), Mississippi an Alabama. It wis the costliest naitural disaster, as weel as ane o the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history o the Unitit States. Amang recordit Atlantic hurricanes, it wis the saxt strangest oweraw. At least 1,833 fowk died in the hurricane an subsequent floods, makkin it the deidliest U.S. hurricane sin the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane; tot property damage wis estimatit at $81 billion (2005 USD),[1] nearly triple the damage brocht bi Hurricane Andrew in 1992.[3]
Meteorological history
[eedit | eedit soorce]Hurricane Katrina cam frae a tropical waffle an the lave o Tropical Depression Ten on August 19, 2005, near the Lesser Antilles. On August 23, the storm transformit intae Tropical Depression 12 ower the sooth east Bahamas. The storm strenthent intae Tropical Storm Katrina on the mornin o August 24. The tropical storm shifted taewart Florida an becam a hurricane juist 2 oors afore landfaw atween Hallandale Beach an Aventura on the mornin o August 25. The storm weakent ower land, but it regaint hurricane status aboot 1 oor efter enterin the Gulf o Mexico, an it continued strengthenin ower appen watters. On August 27, the storm reached Category 3 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, becomin the third major hurricane o the season. An eyewall replacement cycle disruptit the intensification but causit the storm tae nearly double in size. Efterwards, Katrina rapidly intensified ower the "unusually wairm" watters o the Loop Current, frae a Category 3 hurricane tae a Category 5 hurricane in juist 9 oors.[4]
Efter attainin Category 5 hurricane status on the mornin o August 28, Katrina reached its heichest strength at 1800 UTC, wi maximum sustaint winds o 280km an oor an a minimum central pressure o 902 millibar (26.6 inHg). The pressure measurement makkit Katrina the fift maist intense Atlantic hurricane on record at the time, juist tae be surpassed bi Hurricane Rita an Wilma later in the season; it wis the strangest hurricane iver recordit in the Gulf o Mexico at the time an aa, afore Rita broke the record. The hurricane subsequently weakent owin tae anither eyewall replacement cycle, an Katrina makkit its seicont landfaw at 1110 UTC on August 29, as a high-end Category 3 hurricane wi sustaint winds of 125 miles per hour (201 km/h), near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana.[5] At landfaw, hurricane-force winds extendit ootward 190km frae the centre an the storm's central pressure wi 920 millibar (27 inHg). Efter movin ower sooth east Louisiana an then Breton Sound, it makkit its third an final landfaw near the Louisiana–Mississippi mairch, wi Category 3 sustaint winds of 194km an oor.[1] Katrina maintainit hurricane strength weel intae Mississippi, finally weakenin tae tropical storm strength mair nor 240km inland near Meridian, Mississippi. It wis downgradit tae a tropical depression near Clarksville, Tennessee; its remnants war absorbit bi a cauld front in the eastern Great Lakes region on August 31. The resultin storm muived rapidly tae the northeast an affectit eastern Canadae.[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 1 2 3 4 Knabb, Richard D; Rhome, Jamie R; Brown, Daniel (10 August 2006). "Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Katrina: 23–30 August 2005" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "The deadliest, costliest and most intense United States tropical cyclones from 1851 to 2010 (and other frequently requested hurricane facts)" (PDF). National Climatic Data Center, National Hurricane Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 10 August 2011. p. 47. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ↑ Rappaport, Ed. "Preliminary Report for Hurricane Andrew". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 10 Apryle 2008.
- ↑ Leben, Robert; Born, George; Scott, Jim (15 September 2005). "CU-Boulder Researchers Chart Katrina's Growth In Gulf Of Mexico". University of Colorado at Boulder. Archived frae the original on 1 Mairch 2009. Retrieved 20 Mey 2011.
- ↑ "Monsters of the Atlantic: The Basin's Category 5 Hurricanes". The Weather Channel. Archived frae the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.