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Hurricane Katrina (August 2005)

• Hurricane Katrina devastated portions of the central Gulf of Mexico U.S. coast from Southeast Louisiana to Alabama at the end of August 2005. In the history of the United States, Katrina stands as the costliest natural disaster and the deadliest natural disaster since the 1928 major hurricane in southern Florida. Katrina's deadly track began as she moved across South Florida. Katrina then strengthened into a Category 5 Hurricane while moving northward toward the Central Gulf Coast. Although Katrina weakend before landfall, the Category 4 hurricane's fierce winds and near-record storm surge were still able to cause widespread destruction and loss of life.
• Here is a Hurricane Katrina radar loop of landfall in Southeast Louisiana and a Summary of Hurricane Katrina from the National Climatic Data Center.
• The Miami-South Florida National Weather Service Office has a website summarizing their area's deadly Hurricane Katrina experience.
• Here are some aerial survey photos of regions ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. More images can be found here.
• NOAA quickly mobilized a wide-range of its resources immediately following Hurricane Katrina’s landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
• A NOAA Hurricane Hunter pilot snapped a series of images capturing the eyewall of Katrina a day before her destructive landfall.
• Here is a visible satellite loop of Katrina making landfall in Southeast Louisiana and moving inland.
• Here are numerous satellite pictures/loops from CIMSS.
• Here are Katrina damage pictures courtesy of the NOAA Photo Library.
• The NHC/TPC Hurricane Katrina Tropical Cyclone Report is now available.
• NOAA's Hurricane Katrina Service Assessment Report is now available.