Hurricane Katrina - August 2005

Hurricane Katrina (August 2005)

Hurricane Katrina devastated portions of the central Gulf of Mexico U.S. coast from Southeast Louisiana to Alabama at the end of August 2005 and will most likely go down as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of this country. Katrina's deadly track began as she moved across South Florida. Katrina then strengthened into a Category 5 Hurricane while moving northward toward the Central Gulf Coast. Although Katrina weakened before landfall, the Category 4 hurricane's fierce winds and near-record storm surge were still able to cause widespread destruction and loss of life.
Here is a Hurricane Katrina radar loop of landfall in Southeast Louisiana and a Summary of Hurricane Katrina from the National Climatic Data Center.
The Miami-South Florida National Weather Service Office has a website summarizing their area's deadly Hurricane Katrina experience.
Here are some aerial survey photos of regions ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. More images can be found here.
NOAA quickly mobilized a wide-range of its resources immediately following Hurricane Katrina’s landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Katrina also impacted NOAA marine and radar products.
A NOAA Hurricane Hunter pilot snapped a series of images capturing the eyewall of Katrina a day before her destructive landfall.
Here are some more satellite pictures/loops (courtesy of CIMSS).
Here is inland Mississippi damage information courtesy of the Jackson, Mississippi National Weather Service Office.
The NHC Hurricane Katrina Tropical Cyclone Report is now available.
NOAA's Hurricane Katrina Service Assessment Report is now available.