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Hurricane Katrina was a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $125 billion in late August 2005, especially in New Orleans. The storm also exposed engineering flaws in the flood protection system and led to criticism of the government response.
16 Οκτ 2024 · Hurricane Katrina was a devastating storm that hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005, killing more than 1,800 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. Learn about its development, path, impact, and aftermath from Britannica's editors.
19 Αυγ 2020 · Learn about the 2005 hurricane that killed 1,833 people and devastated the Gulf Coast, and how it exposed the failures of leadership and the levee system. See photos and stories of the storm's impact and aftermath.
14 Ιαν 2023 · It follows 2017's Hurricane Maria, which killed 2,981 in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Katrina also retains its rank as the third-highest death toll from a hurricane in recorded U.S ...
23 Αυγ 2013 · In an analysis of 971 fatalities in Louisiana and 15 additional deaths of storm evacuees, 40% of deaths were caused by drowning. 25% were caused by injury and trauma and 11% were caused by heart...
9 Νοε 2009 · Learn about the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina, which struck the Gulf Coast in 2005 and caused nearly 2,000 deaths. Find out how the storm overwhelmed the levees, flooded New Orleans, and exposed the failures of the federal government.
Katrina is surpassed by the Galveston, Texas hurricane in 1900 that claimed at least 8000 lives, and by the 1928 Lake Okeechobee, Florida hurricane with over 2500 fatalities. Katrina ranks as the third deadliest hurricane in the United States since 1900, and the deadliest in 77 years.
