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15 cze 2023 · During its time in the Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Katrina went from a category 1 hurricane to a category 5 hurricane with winds exceeding 170 miles per hour. Once a hurricane touches down on land it is cut off from its source of energy and begins its declining stages.
beginning to brew. Hurricane Katrina started as a tropical storm in the Bahamas on Aug. 24. It began moving slowly to the northwest, then west, gaining strength as it moved through the warm Atlantic waters. Just a few hours before hitting the Florida coast on Aug. 25, Katrina became a Category 1 hurricane— wind speeds over 119 km/hr
13 wrz 2005 · The National Hurricane Center predicts that Katrina will become a major hurricane by the time it reaches the central Gulf of Mexico.
During August 25-31, 2005, Hurricane Katrina created a path of destruction across southern Florida, and caused devastation into parts of southeast Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The storm then tracked northward into Tennessee and Kentucky and points northeast from there,
Hurricane Katrina started as a tropical storm in the Bahamas on Aug. 24. It began moving slowly to the northwest, then west, gaining strength as it moved through the warm Atlantic waters. Just a few hours before hitting the Florida coast on Aug. 25, Katrina became a Category 1 hurricane— wind speeds over 119 km/hr (74 miles per hour) or more.
At 5:00 AM EDT, the eye of Hurricane Katrina was located just offshore of southwestern Florida over the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Key West, Florida. Maximum sustained winds had again increased to 75 mph (121 km/h) and Katrina was upgraded again to a Category 1 hurricane.
Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane. It made landfall on Florida and Louisiana, particularly the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas, in August 2005, causing catastrophic damage from central Florida to eastern Texas.
