Hurricane Katrina 2005

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category 4 hurricane on this day in 2005. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was the worstnatural disaster in the history of the United States. After briefly comingashore in southern Florida on August 25 as a Category 1 hurricane, Katrina gained strength before slamming into the Gulf Coast on August 29. In addition to bringing devastation to the New Orleans area, the hurricane causeddamage along the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, as well as other parts of Louisiana.