3q 1

1. Which hurricane did you choose?
2. What category was it on the Saffir-Simpson scale?
3. Tell its story.

4. How many lives were lost? How much damage did it cause ($)?
5. Include at least one picture.

1. Hurricane Katrina

2. This hurricane reached up to Category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, but did its most damage in Buris, Louisiana as a Category 3 Hurricane where it did the most damage.

3. Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters in recent memory. It formed in the middle of the ocean, hit Florida as a light hurricane, went into the Gulf of Mexico ( where it gathered up enough steam to be considered a Category 5 ), then hit a lot of the southeastern U.S.A. (including Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida). When it finally dispersed (after creating 33 tornadoes) it had caused around 1200 deaths(1000 in Louisiana, and 200 in Mississipi)

4. It cost around 1200 lives and 75 billion dollars

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