Hurricane history: 7 destructive storms

Katrina

Date: 23-31 August 2005
Category: 5
Deaths: 1800+

When Katrina reached land in Louisiana, it was at Category 3, but it grew to a width which could reach across the entire Gulf of Mexico. Impacting great stretches of land, signs of Katrina’s presence remained for over a decade. Criticising the preparation in place for such a storm, the search and rescue response and following action, Barack Obama said: “What started out as a natural disaster became a man-made disaster…a failure of government to look out for its own citizens.”

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