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HURRICANE KATRINA




It was the sixth strongest Atlantic hurricane and the third strongest hurricane that made landfall in the United States. Katrina formed on August 23 in 2005 and devasted much of north-central Gulf Coast. The most striked city was New Orleans, Louisiana on August 29. It was underwater for weeks. It was definitely the worst thing ever happened to the inhabitants of the city. They lost everything. Members of their families, friends, homes, jobs. Nothing will ever compensate it... Those that came back to New Orleans after flood to start again, will never feel safe again. There will always be a shadow of fear upon them, remembering the deadliest hurricane since 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane.




Storm formation and path




Hurricane Katrina formed as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005 as the result of an interaction of a tropical wave and the remains of Tropical Depression Ten. The system was upgraded to tropical storm status on the morning of August 24 and at this point, the storm was given the name Katrina. The tropical storm continued to move towards Florida, and became a hurricane only two hours before it made landfall between Hallandale Beach and Aventura, Florida on the morning of August 25. The storm weakened over land, but it regained hurricane status about one hour after entering the Gulf of Mexico.

The storm rapidly intensified after entering the Gulf, partly because of the storm's movement over the warm waters of the Loop Current. On August 27, the storm reached Category 3 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, becoming the third major hurricane of the season. An eyewall replacement cycle disrupted the intensification, but caused the storm to nearly double in size. Katrina again rapidly intensified, attaining Category 5 status on the morning of August 28 and reached its...