View Hurricane Katrina Storm Track Gif. Hurricane katrina was a large category 5 atlantic hurricane which caused over 1,800 deaths and $125 billion in damage in august 2005. Hurricane katrina is the costliest natural disaster in the history of the united states.

The storm is likely to reach hurricane force within days, and accuweather forecasters warn that its legacy threatens to be a grim one as it could severely compound the disaster eta caused. It is the costliest hurricane in u.s. The powerful winds and rain occur here because rotational.

Maximum storm surges, overland flow depths, and inundation distances were measured along the gulf coast of florida, alabama, mississippi and louisiana.

Ultimately, the storm caused more than $160 billion in damage, and it reduced the population of new orleans by 29 percent between the fall. Tropical storm katrina had just become the eleventh named storm of the 2005 atlantic hurricane season when the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (modis) on nasa's terra satellite. Nearly half the city's hospitals remained shut and half its doctors had moved out of the area. Hurricane katrina has been called the most anticipated disaster in modern american history.