Hurricane Katrina

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These are some facts about the storm from wikipedia the online encylopedia!



Hurricane Katrina was a major tropical cyclone that caused significant damage in the southeastern part of the United States and became one of the worst natural disasters ever to hit the United States.

Katrina is the deadliest hurricane in the United States of America since at least Hurricane Camille in 1969, which killed 256 people, and most likely the deadliest named hurricane on record (which is currently held by Hurricane Audrey in 1957 which killed at least 390 plus up to 160 never accounted for). It is also estimated to be the costliest natural disaster in United States history.


Katrina (at that time designated as "Tropical Depression Twelve") formed over the Bahamas on August 24, 2005 and first made landfall near North Miami, Florida, United States, as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, causing major flooding, loss of power to more than one million residents, and eleven deaths.

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