New Orleans: Hurricane Katrina
HURRICANE: Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a horrific category five hurricane that stretched from Florida to New Orleans. However, the Hurricane didn’t start as an enormous hurricane that killed thousands of people originally, it was formed about 200 miles south-east of the Bahamas on August 23rd, 2005. On August 25th the hurricane hit Florida it was a small category 1 hurricane that was so small that after weakening slightly on land it was re-classified as only tropical storm; it had two victims in this period.
After the ‘tropical storm’ went slightly askew off the southern tip of Florida into the Gulf of Mexico, it re-gained momentum. With the gulf being very warm and very deep it was the perfect place for a hurricane to grow. The hurricane
Hurricane Katrina was a horrific category five hurricane that stretched from Florida to New Orleans. However, the Hurricane didn’t start as an enormous hurricane that killed thousands of people originally, it was formed about 200 miles south-east of the Bahamas on August 23rd, 2005. On August 25th the hurricane hit Florida it was a small category 1 hurricane that was so small that after weakening slightly on land it was re-classified as only tropical storm; it had two victims in this period.
After the ‘tropical storm’ went slightly askew off the southern tip of Florida into the Gulf of Mexico, it re-gained momentum. With the gulf being very warm and very deep it was the perfect place for a hurricane to grow. The hurricane