Download Hurricane Katrina Storm Track PNG. New orleans bore the brunt of the hurricane after the catastrophic failure of the levee system protecting the city at the time. Hurricane katrina was a destructive category 5 storm that made landfall on the u.s.
Ultimately, the storm caused more than $160 billion in damage, and it reduced the population of new orleans by 29 percent between the fall. Maximum storm surges, overland flow depths, and inundation distances were measured along the gulf coast of florida, alabama, mississippi and louisiana. It is the costliest hurricane in u.s.
From there, the track was more katrina is the 11th named storm of the busy 2005 atlantic hurricane season, with more than three months left to go.
Among recorded atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest hurricane katrina began as a very low pressure weather system, which strengthened to become a tropical storm and eventually a hurricane as it. Among recorded atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest hurricane katrina began as a very low pressure weather system, which strengthened to become a tropical storm and eventually a hurricane as it. Hurricane katrina has been called the most anticipated disaster in modern american history. Hurricane katrina was the costliest hurricane ever recorded, tied with hurricane harvey of 2017, with $125 billion (2005 usd) in damages.