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H U R R I C A N E K AT R I N A : F I F T H A N N I V E R S A R Y

A chronology of Hurricane
Katrina’s devastating path
through the Gulf Coast in 2005
W E D N E S DAY T U E S DAY
Aug. 24, 2005 Aug. 30, 2005
Katrina becomes the 11th named Sections of two levees break
storm of the 2005 hurricane season. allowing water from Lake
Pontchartrain to flood areas of
T H U R S DAY New Orleans and leaving at least
Aug. 25, 2005 80 percent of the city underwater.
Both Mississippi and Louisiana are
Tropical Storm Katrina is declared
plagued with looting.
a hurricane as it approaches the
eastern coast of Florida. The eye W E D N E S DAY
of the Category 1 hurricane makes
landfall near Miami with winds
Aug. 31, 2005
gusting to 80 mph. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
estimates the death toll for the city
F R I DAY is in the thousands. The federal
Aug. 26, 2005 government declares a public
health emergency to accelerate
The hurricane moves into the Gulf efforts to help hurricane victims.
of Mexico and is headed toward
the U.S. Gulf Coast. T H U R S DAY

S U N DAY
Sept. 1, 2005
Conditions in New Orleans grow
Aug. 28, 2005 worse as food and water disappear,
The National Hurricane Center and transportation out of the city is
says the hurricane has become a limited. President Bush asks for-
Category 5 storm. Evacuation mer Presidents Bill Clinton and
orders are given for New Orleans George H.W. Bush to help raise
and the Mississippi and Alabama funds for the hurricane relief
coasts. efforts.
M O N DAY F R I DAY
Aug. 29, 2005 Sept. 2, 2005 M I C H A E L A I N S W O RT H / DA L L A S M O R N I N G N E W S / M C T

Hurricane Katrina makes landfall A National Guard convoy arrives Residents make their way through floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina to the Superdome
on the Louisiana coast, east of in New Orleans to provide water, in New Orleans on Aug. 30, 2005.
New Orleans. The storm destroys food and security. President Bush
areas of the Gulf Coast; Biloxi and visits Mobile, Ala.; Biloxi, Miss.;
Gulfport, Miss., are among the and New Orleans to survey the
hardest hit. hurricane damage.

S O U R C E S : N AT I O N A L H U R R I C A N E C E N T E R , C N N , M C T

KHAMPHA BOUAPHANH/FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM/MCT

Victoria Mueller breaks down in

tears while waiting hours for food
and supplies in Metairie, La. on
Sept. 1, 2005.

PAT R I C K S C H N E I D E R / C H A R L OT T E O B S E RV E R / M C T KHAMPHA BOUAPHANH/FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM/MCT K H A M P H A B O UA P H A N H / F O RT W O RT H S TA R - T E L E G R A M / M C T

Ky Hoang walks among the littered remains of a street in Biloxi, New Orleans police are pulled away Outside of New Orleans, a patient is transported to
Miss., trying to salvage belongings from his parents’ destroyed from rescue efforts to deal with a makeshift transport hub for medical attention on
home on Aug. 30, 2005. looters throughout the city. Sept. 1, 2005.

10 p.m. CT
Tues., Aug. 30
Tropical depression Tenn. N.C.

7 p.m. CT Hurricane Katrina hit Florida as a Category 1 storm,

Mon., Aug. 29 Miss.
Tropical storm S.C. gained power over the Gulf of Mexico and hit Louisiana
1 p.m. CT
Ala. three and a half days later as a Category 3 monster.
Mon., Aug. 29
Cat. 1 hurricane
La. Montgomery Ga. Hurricane categories
12 p.m. CT Atlantic Ocean
Mon., Aug. 29 Tropical storm Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 Category 5
Mobile
Cat. 2 hurricane
Wind 39-74 mph 74-95 mph 96-110 mph 111-130 mph 131-155 mph 155+ mph
10 a.m. CT Biloxi Pensacola Tallahassee
speed (63-119 kph) (119-153 kph) (154-177 kph) (178-209 kph) (210-249 kph) (250+ kph)
Mon., Aug. 29 New Orleans 5 p.m. ET
Cat. 3 hurricane Thurs., Aug. 25
Storm Less than 4-5 ft. 6-8 ft. 9-12 ft. 13-18 ft. More than
Landfall Fla. surge 5 ft. (1.5 m) (1.2-1.5 m) (1.8-2.4 m) (2.7-3.7 m) (4.5-5 m) 18 ft. (5.5 m)
2 a.m. CT 7:10 a.m. ET Aug. 29 Cat.1
Mon., Aug. 29 hurricane
Cat. 4 hurricane KA Tampa
10 p.m. CT TR
IN
Sun., Aug. 28 A’S
Hu PA
Cat. 5 hurricane rri TH
c an Miami 5 p.m. ET
Tro ew Wed., Aug. 24
pic ind
al s Tropical storm
sto
rm 2 a.m. ET
wi 1 a.m. CT Fri., Aug. 26
Gulf of Mexico nd Sun., Aug. 28
s 5 a.m. ET Cat. 2 5 p.m. ET
Cat. 4 hurricane Tues., Aug. 23
hurricane Sat., Aug. 27
Cat. 3 Tropical
hurricane depression
S C OT T F I S H E R / S U N - S E N T I N E L / M C T
Source: National Hurricane Center
150 km
Graphic: Helen McComas, Lee Hulteng, Pai Katrina nears the Florida coast and gains
© 2010 MCT 150 miles hurricane status on Aug. 25, 2005.

HURRICANE KATRINA FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

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