The Cause Of Hurricane Katrina

A hurricane is a large spiraling storm that produces winds of 119 kilometers per hour(74mph) or higher. These hurricanes are formed over warm ocean waters and can sometimes touch land. If the storm hit land it pushes a wall of water ashore called a storm surge. That put together with heavy rain fall is what creates flooding which is exactly what happened in the south due to hurricane Katrina. It was initially formed south of the Bahamas as a tropical depression but by the time it made its was to southern Florida, Katrina was a category one hurricane. By August 28 Katrina turned into a category five hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico but weakened to a categories four before hitting land along to the Louisiana-Mississippi border.
When hurricane
Katrina hit landfall the storm took countless lives, homes and businesses along with it. Horrific images and videos swept not only the nation but the interior world portraying the wrath of Katrina, and catastrophe that followed with the collapse of the levees. It is said to be the worst natural disaster to ever fall upon the U.S