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Tropical Depression 12 forms over the Bahamas
Tropical Depression 12 forms from the remains of Tropical Depression 10. -
Tropical Depression 12 becomes Tropical Storm Katrina
Tropical Depression 12 intensifies and becomes a tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean, near Naussau, Bahamas.. -
Tropical Storm Katrina hits the Bahamas.
On August 24 - 25, 2005, Tropical Storm Katrina moves across the Northwest section of the Bahamas . -
Tropical Storm Katrina becomes Hurricane Katrina
After moving across the Bahamas, Tropical Storm Katrina moved West towards Southern Florida. 2 hours before making landfall, TS Katrina is upgraded to Hurricane Katrina. -
Hurricane Katrina hits Florida
Hurricane Katrina makes landfall in Southern Florida in the early evening, on Aug. 25th, 2005. The storm had 80 mph winds and was a Cat 1 hurricane. -
Hurricane Katrina moves into the Gulf of Mexico
Katrina moved into the Eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 26th, 2005. It was originally forecast that the storm with strengthen over the Gulf for a few days, then move Northwest and hit the Florida panhandle. Katrina shifted and the trac k was then determined to be towards New Orleans. -
Katrina becomes a Cat 3 hurricane
Over the warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico Katrina becomes a Category 3 hurricane. The winds didn't increase for almost a day, but the storm doubled in size. -
Katrina becomes a Category 4 Hurricane
Katrina started to rapidly intensify on the evening of Aug. 27th and by 1 AM on August 28th it had reached sustained winds of 145 mph, making it a Cat 4 hurricane. -
Katrina strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane
Katrine continued to strengthen in the Gulf and became a Category 5 hurricane by the morning of August 28th. It reached its most intense 2pm with sustained winds of 175 mph and wind gusts up to 215 mph. -
Katrina weakens to a Category 3 hurricane
As the eyewall in the center of the storm was in a replacement cycle, the storm began to weaken as the inner eyewall started to deteriorate before the outer wall had reformed. The storm had gone from sustained winds of 175 mph to 125mph in less than a day. -
Hurricane Katrina makes 1st landfall as Category 3 storm
Katrina made it's 1st landfall near Buras, louisiana on August 29th, 2005 as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph and waves more then 30 ft. -
Second landfall made at Misissippi/Louisiana border
Katrina made a second landfall around 7am on Aug. 29th. Category 4 wind speeds were likely over land while the eye of the storm was still over water. Most of Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish and Slidell in St. tammany Parish were all severely damaged by the extremely strong wids in the eyewall and the powerfull storm surge. -
Storm surge from Katrina smashes Gulf Coast
The storm surge and high winds destroyed most of the Mississippi coast and as far inland as Mobile, Alabama. The wind damage covered almost the entire state of Mississippi because of the massive size of the storm and the diagonal path it took as it moved over land. -
Katrina weakens and moves on
Katrina continued to move across Mississippi and into the Tennessee Valley where it was downgraded to a t
Tropical Depression on August 30. By Aug. 31 the storm had broken apart and part of the storm dumped almost 7 in of rain in some areas of the Great Lakes region. The other part of the storm moved towards the Appalachain mountains and caused a tornado outbreak from Pennsylvania all the way to Georgia. -
The Aftermath of Katrina
Katrina caused catastrophic destruction in Louisiana and Mississippi. Most strustures in the path were severely damaged or completely destroyed. The storm surge caused the water to break the levees in the New Orleans area, flooding the city and outlying areas. The storm is responsible for approximately 1200 deaths and over $75 billion in damages.
