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Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 with 175mph wind before landfall. The eye crossed the Louisiana Delta on Monday August 29, 2005 at 6:10am in southern Plaquemines Parish, near the community of Buras as a high Category 3 with winds of 125mph. At the time of landfall the hurricane force winds extended up to 125 miles east AND 125 miles west of the center, stretching into the Florida panhandle making it extremely devastating.
Read
the full storm summary for Hurricane Katrina of wind, pressure and
storm surge from the Mobile
National Weather Service or from the Hurricane
Research Division of NOAA You can also check another storm history
on Katrina from the National
Climatic Data Center. Katrina will go down in the record books for
devastation, cost and fatalities. The National
Hurricane Center also has the most current revised summaries of Katrina
and other major storms of 2005.
NOAA aerial
photos of LA, MS & AL coasts after Katrina
More aerial coastal photos
from NOAA
US Geological Survey New
Orleans before and After Katrina
USGS before
and after coastal images and hi res pictures.
NASA Dauphin
Island before and after Katrina.
Another high
resolution image of New Orleans on 8/31/05
NASA's images
of Katrina and the science behind the storm.
NOAA's Significant
Imagery of Katrina and other Gulf storms.
Helicopter
photos of Katrina damage.
NOAA photos
and impact assessment.
Search US Air Force images
of Katrina's effects at Keesler AFB.
Search
for more Katrina photos in FEMA's photo gallery.
Aircraft images inside Katrina's
eye from NOAA.
The US Coast Guard
has an image gallery of Katrina. Log in as a guest and search for Katrina.
Comparison of Katrina
to Camille
Katrina's effects
on the environment
WKRG
viewer photos 8/31/05
WKRG
viewer photos 9/1/05
WKRG
viewer photos 9/2/05
WKRG
viewer photos 9/3/05
WKRG
viewer photos 9/4/05
Pascagoula/Gautier
MS photos
Ocean
Springs, MS Photos
Pass
Christian, MS Photos
Bond,
MS Photos
Gulfport
MS photos
Biloxi
MS photos
Dauphin
Island, AL Photos
Mobile,
AL Photos
Interstate
10 photos
Katrina
photos
Katrina
damage photos
Gallery
of Katrina in Mobile & Baldwin Counties.
Wave
simulation damage to bridge video
NOAA continues to keep track of the marine debris cleanup from Katrina. Check before you boat!
