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Hurricane Katrina
The National Hurricane Center becomes wary of and gives out its first warning about a tropical storm that appears to be migrating towards Florida. It formed over the Bahamas and is currently around 350 miles away from Miami, Florida. -
Hurricane Katrina
The tropical storm being monitored begins to grow stronger and more powerful. It continues to migrate west towards Florida. It is given the name Tropical Storm Katrina and its winds are blowing at around 40 mph. It is around 230 miles away from Miami -
Hurricane Katrina
Tropical Storm Katrina evolves into Hurricane Katrina as it continues to strengthen. Its winds are blowing at around 75 mph so it is a category 1 hurricane at the moment. Later on during the night, the storm reaches the shores of Miami, Florida with winds from 80-85 miles per hour. The first deaths are had as two people died from falling trees. -
Hurricane Katrina
Katrina begins to weaken again and gets reclassified as a tropical storm again, with winds only blowing at around 70 mph. The storm moves on from Florida and goes towards the Gulf of Mexico where almost instantly afterwords it begins to strengthen again. It becomes a hurricane again with winds blowing at 75 mph. As it continues to cross the Gulf of Mexico its speed begins to pick up to about100 mph. The NHC predicts Katrina will become a major storm in the time to come. -
Hurricane Katrina
Katrina, overnight has strengthened more with winds around 115 -mph meaning it is now a category 3 hurricane. The first "Hurricane-hunter" aircrafts were flown into the storm on this day. They measured things such as barometric pressure, ocean surface and wind speed to find out more information about the potential threat it posed. -
Hurricane Katrina
The storm turns into a category 4 level storm as speeds are now 145 mph. The storm itself is only about 310 miles from the Mississippi river. Early in the morning the mayor of New Orleans issues an evacuation order making thousands of citizens to be forced to leave the city. Before noon the storm has hit 175 mph wind speeds, making it category 5 and is only 225 miles from the Mississippi river now. People at the NHC have begun to describe Katrina as a "potentially catastrophic" storm. -
Hurricane Katrina
Katrina begins heading towards Louisiana with speeds around 155 mph. The storm first hits New Orleans at around 7 in the morning with water beginning to flow over one of the levees. The storm continues to pass through New Orleans and the eye of the storm hits at around 11 am. The strongest parts of the storm hit parts of Mississippi as the eye passes through New Orleans. It grows weaker the more it passes through New Orleans and as it begins to leave New Orleans its speeds are down to 90 mph. -
Hurricane Katrina
The final warning for Katrina is given out as it is only at speeds of 35 mph. It is later called off as a major threat. This is the end of Hurricane Katrina