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U.S. Route 90's Bay St. Louis Bridge on Pass Christian was destroyed as a result of Katrina. The Gulf coast of Mississippi suffered extremely severe damage from the impact of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, leaving 238 people dead, 67 missing, and billions of dollars in damage: bridges, barges, boats, piers, houses, and cars were washed inland ...
Katrina's 28-foot (8.5 m) storm surge, and 55-foot (17 m) sea waves, [62] practically obliterated Waveland, Mississippi, and state officials said that it took a harder hit from the wind and water than any other town along the coast. Katrina came ashore during the high tide of 8:01 am, [63] raising the storm tide by 2 ft (0.61 m), to over 30 ...
The most devastating effects of the season were felt on the Gulf Coast of the United States, where Katrina's storm surge crippled New Orleans, Louisiana, for weeks and devastated the Mississippi coastline. Katrina became the costliest U.S. hurricane, leaving $125 billion in damage [nb 2] and 1,392 deaths.
On this day in history, Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana — causing massive destruction. Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast early that morning as ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
Gusty winds are still affecting the coastal areas, causing water along the Gulf coast and in the large lakes near New Orleans to be higher than normal. As the storm winds down, the moisture will ...
Among them were siblings, ages 8 and 16, and the oldest killed was 63, Master Sgt. Kervin Stewart of the Mississippi Highway Patrol said Monday, citing relatives’ confirmation; a county coroner ...
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, in terms of number of systems. It featured a total of 31 tropical or subtropical cyclones, with all but one cyclone becoming a named storm. Of the 30 named storms, 14 developed into hurricanes, and a record-tying seven further intensified into major ...