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    The document summarizes New Orleans' hurricane history from 1852 to 2005, listing 17 storms of Category 3 or higher intensity that struck the city. These severe storms occurred about every 10 years on average. The table provides the dates, names, wind speeds in knots, and Saffir-Simpson categories of each storm to demonstrate the intensity of hurricanes that have impacted New Orleans over the past 153 years.

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    The document summarizes New Orleans' hurricane history from 1852 to 2005, listing 17 storms of Category 3 or higher intensity that struck the city. These severe storms occurred about every 10 years on average. The table provides the dates, names, wind speeds in knots, and Saffir-Simpson categories of each storm to demonstrate the intensity of hurricanes that have impacted New Orleans over the past 153 years.

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    New Orleans Hurricane History

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    The document summarizes New Orleans' hurricane history from 1852 to 2005, listing 17 storms of Category 3 or higher intensity that struck the city. These severe storms occurred about every 10 years on average. The table provides the dates, names, wind speeds in knots, and Saffir-Simpson categories of each storm to demonstrate the intensity of hurricanes that have impacted New Orleans over the past 153 years.

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    New Orleans Hurricane History - 17 Category 3+ Storms

    Date
    8/25/1852
    9/15/1855
    8/10/1856
    8/11/1860
    9/1/1879
    10/2/1893
    9/20/1909
    9/29/1915
    7/5/1916
    9/15/1960
    9/10/1965
    8/17/1969
    9/7/1974
    9/13/1979
    9/2/1985
    8/26/1992

    Storm
    Not Named
    Not Named
    Not Named
    Not Named
    Not Named
    Not Named
    Not Named
    Not Named
    Not Named
    Ethel
    Betsy
    Camille
    Carmen
    Frederic
    Elena
    Andrew

    Wind (Knots)
    100
    110
    130
    110
    110
    115
    105
    115
    105
    140
    135
    165
    130
    115
    105
    125

    Category
    3
    3
    4
    3
    3
    4
    3
    4
    3
    5
    4
    5
    4
    4
    3
    4

    8/29/2005

    Katrina

    125

    The graph and map shows the severe hurricanes or storms that have hit New Orleans from
    8/25/1852 to 8/29/2005 or for about 153 years and 4 days. As you can see, New Orleans is
    hit by a severe storm about every 10 years. The Saffir-Simpson Scale helps show the
    intensity of the storms that have hit New Orleans in the past 153 years and 4 days.

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