As the center of Hurricane Katrina passed southeast of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, winds downtown were in the Category 1 range with frequent intense gusts. The storm surge caused approximately 23 breaches in the drainage canal and navigational canal levees and flood walls.

Nov 9, 2009 · 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...

Aug 24, 2015 · In late August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled across the Gulf of Mexico and onto the southeastern United States, unleashing a fury of destruction in its wake. People around the world...

Jan 16, 2025 · Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in August 2005, breaching levees and causing widespread death and damage. Ultimately, the storm caused more than $160 billion in damage, and it reduced the population of New Orleans by 29 percent between the fall of 2005 and 2011.

Aug 27, 2020 · In all, levees and floodwalls in New Orleans and surrounding areas fell in more than 50 locations during Hurricane Katrina, flooding 80 percent of the city and fully 95 percent of St....

Aug 25, 2015 · In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, flooding 80 percent of the city, killing more than 1,400 people and displacing hundreds of thousands.

Hurricane Katrina caused unprecedented flood damage to New Orleans, Louisiana, and has been the costliest hurricane in US history. We analyzed the environmental and public health outcomes of Hurricane Katrina by using Internet searches to identify epidemiological, sociodemographic, and toxicological measurements provided by regulatory agencies.

Katrina makes landfall in Louisiana at 6:10 a.m., but the flooding of residential areas in greater New Orleans actually begins an hour and a half earlier. Between 4:30 and 5 a.m., levees...

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Aug 28, 2005 · New Orleans is being evacuated as a result of flooding from hurricane Katrina. Photo by: Liz Roll. People walk through the New Orleans floodwaters to get to higher ground. New Orleans was under a mandatory evacuation order as a result of flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina. Marty Bahamonde/FEMA.