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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.
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.
13 wrz 2005 · It is now tropical storm Katrina, the 11th named storm of 2005, about 230 miles (370 kilometers) east of Miami. Its strongest winds are blowing at about 40 miles an hour (65 kilometers an hour)....
Hurricane Katrina originated from the merger of a tropical wave and the mid-level remnants of Tropical Depression Ten on August 19, 2005, near the Lesser Antilles. On August 23, the disturbance organized into Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas. The storm strengthened into Tropical Storm Katrina on the morning of August 24.
Katrina struck southeastern Louisiana on August 29 as a Category 3 hurricane, resulting in one of the greatest catastrophes in modern times in the United States. A record-breaking storm surge and destructive winds decimated coastal communities of Louisiana and Mississippi .
5 paź 2024 · It first made landfall in southern Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, but quickly gained strength over the Gulf of Mexico, eventually becoming a Category 5. By the time it hit Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, it had weakened to a Category 3, but the damage was still catastrophic.
29 sie 2024 · Hurricane Katrina made landfall off the coast of Louisiana on August 29, 2005. It hit land as a Category 3 storm with winds reaching speeds as high as 120 miles per hour .
