Hurricane Katrina was the third most intense to hit the United States in recorded history. In the Atlantic Basin it achieved the status of the fourth lowest central pressure ever recorded, until later when Hurricane Rita became the third most intense, pushing Katrina down to fifth. Its 30 foot (10 m) storm surge recorded at Biloxi, Mississippi is the highest ever observed in North America. This article is about the 2005 hurricane. ... The Atlantic Basin includes the main body of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, but ommits other bodies of water considered to be a part of the Atlantic Ocean in the broad sense, such as the Mediteranean Sea. ... diurnal (daily) rhythm of air pressure in northern Germany (black curve is air pressure) Atmospheric pressure is the pressure above any area in the Earths atmosphere caused by the weight of air. ... Hurricane Rita was the seventeenth named tropical storm, ninth hurricane, fifth major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. ... Graphic illustrating storm surge. ... Biloxi and Mississippi coast Biloxi is a city located in Harrison County, Mississippi. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west...

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Rainfall

Katrina produced slightly above average rains for a tropical cyclone, with nearly 16 1/2 inches of rain falling between South Miami and Perrine in South Florida, with totals of up towards 15 inches in Louisiana.

A storm total rainfall map can be found here: [1]

By death toll

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As of current tallies, Katrina is the fifth-deadliest storm to hit the U.S. since 1851. However, as the process of collecting and identifying bodies continues, the death toll may rise above that of the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane and the hurricanes of August 1893 and October 1893. Image File history File links Katrina-noaaGOES12. ... // Before landfall August 23, 2005 - The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) issues a statement saying that Tropical Depression Twelve had formed over the southeastern Bahamas. ... Brian Noel Econ 201 Hurricane Katrina has already had notable economic effects, which will probably last for a while. ... Here is a partial list of major damage to infrastructure and public works as a result of Hurricane Katrina, and, when known, their repair timeline and cost. ... The devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina has already begun to have significant political effects manifested in criticism of the government response. ... The neutrality of this section is disputed. ... The Social effects of Hurricane Katrina are complex and yet to be fully determined. ... This article describes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on different regions of the United States and nearby areas. ... About 800,000 people suffered power outages in Mississippi according to the Clarion-Ledger. ... The effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans was extremely severe, resulting from one of the most deadly natural disasters in U.S. history. ... New Orleans, Louisiana sits between (and below) the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. ... The Louisiana Superdome, often informally referred to simply as the Superdome, is a large, multi-purpose sports and exhibition facility located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (29. ... <3 t3h h4xz0rz <3333 The Reliant Astrodome, formerly the Astrodome, is a domed sports stadium, the first of its kind. ... In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, looting, violence, and criminal activity became serious problems in the evacuated city of New Orleans. ... When Category 4 storm Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, on the night before August 29, 2005, storm surges estimated at 20 feet took place; levee height was about 17 feet. ... The inept disaster recovery response to Hurricane Katrina began four days after the storm, with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) preparations that ranged from logistical supply deployments to a mortuary team with refrigerated trucks. ... Many countries and international organizations have offered the United States relief aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ... A 4-ship task force with Operation UNISON departing Halifax Harbour on September 6, 2005 for the U.S. Gulf Coast. ... Royal Netherlands Marine Corps Emblem Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende stated that the Netherlands was prepared to help the United States in a number of ways. ... The French Navy has made naval ships deployed in the Caribbean available for any requested assistance, one of them being the frigate Ventôse (displayed above) France was one of the first nations to offer aid to the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ... Mexican troops in San Antonio, Texas. ... Heavy transport Ilyushin Il-76M(T/D) (displayed above) aircrafts was, as of August 30, on standby from the Ramenskoe airport. ... The Republic of Singapore Air Force committed four CH-47 Chinook helicopters and 45 personnel toward the relief effort in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. ... A C-130 Hercules cargo jet Sweden received on September 1, in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a general plea for disaster aid from the United States. ... Following the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina, various conjectures were put forward suggesting that Katrina was not an ordinary natural event, but was instead influenced by human behavior or supernatural forces. ... This article is about the 2005 hurricane. ... The Okeechobee Hurricane (or San Felipe Hurricane) was a deadly hurricane that struck Puerto Rico and southern Florida, United States, in September 1928. ...

Other storms that killed many people in the U.S. include:

• Two 1893 hurricanes in August (for Georgia/South Carolina) and October (in Louisiana) which doomed between 1000 and 2000 souls apiece.
• The Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which killed an estimated 6,000–12,000.
• The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, which killed at least 2,500 people in the US and over 1,000 in Puerto Rico.
• 1957's Hurricane Audrey, which killed 390, with up to 160 more never accounted for.
• 1969's Hurricane Camille, which killed 256.

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• 1970 Bhola cyclone, the deadliest tropical cyclone on record, which killed at least 150,000 and perhaps as many as half a million in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• Great Hurricane of 1780, which killed over 22,000.
• 1998's Hurricane Mitch, the deadliest named Atlantic storm, which killed more than 18,000 people in Central America.

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Other USA city devastations/disasters

Katrina also caused the first substantial devastation of a major American city since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fires. San Francisco City Hall, April 20, 1906 The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake at San Francisco, California on the early morning of Wednesday, April 18, 1906. ...

Other disasters in New Orleans

This is the greatest disaster in New Orleans since its founding in 1718. New Orleans has a known history of frequent and recurrent brushes with hurricanes. On average, New Orleans has been brushed every 3.94 years. Direct hurricane hits have occurred every 13.4 years on average.([2]) New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...

Other levee and flood disasters

No other levee breach in the USA has caused such a level of destruction or such an extensive evacuation. However, devastation in other parts of the world, caused by levee breaches, has been greater.

• The Johnstown Flood in 1889 killed 2,200 people when the South Fork Dam burst, submerging the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The Johnstown flood was the first major peacetime relief effort for the Red Cross.
• The Great Mississippi Flood along the Mississippi River in 1927–1928 killed 246 people, left approximately 700,000 homeless, and destroyed or damaged 137,000 buildings[3]
• The 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane breached levees around Lake Okeechobee in southern Florida, causing flooding over hundreds of square miles and killing over 2,500.
• 1931 Huang He flood and following levee breaches killed millions.
• The Great Flood of 1993 along the Mississippi River killed 47 people, displaced approximately 74,000, and destroyed or damaged 47,650 buildings ([4]).

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Comparison to other evacuations/refugee crises

Other cities which have been evacuated are:

• In 2002 severe flooding led to the evacuation of 50,000 residents of Prague, Czech Republic, on 14 August [5], with a total of 200,000 Czechs during the second August week. [6]. Also partially evacuated in the same week were the German city of Dresden (120,000 evacuees) [7] and the town Bitterfeld (16,000).

• In January 2002, 300,000 residents of the city of Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo) were evacuated in 3 days due to the eruption of the volcano Nyiragongo.[8][9][10]

• In April 2001, 77,000 inhabitants (around 2/3 of the population) of the Italian city Vicenza were evacuated for several hours so that an unexploded bomb, originally dropped in World War II, could be safely disarmed. [11]

• In 1999 the Kosovo War led to 800,000 refugees, not all of them urban residents, leaving Kosovo and being accommodated for up to 3 months in other parts of Europe.

• In September 1939, at the outset of World War II, London and major British cities were evacuated with 1.5 million displacements in the first 3 days of the official evacuation taking place reaching a final total of 3.75 million.

• In April of 1986 roughly 200,000 people were evacuated from Chernobyl following a nuclear meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union).

• In November of 1979 the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada was evacuated following a chlorine leak after a freight train derailed. 218,000 were displaced.

• In October 1941 a mass evacuation of Moscow was ordered in the face of the threat of the attacking German Wehrmacht. 2 million inhabitants were displaced from the city within two weeks.

• The Great Fire that resulted from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake lead to the sea evacuation from the city on 20 April of 20,000 refugees. [12]

• In 480 BC the Greek officer of state and navy commander Themistocles ordered the evacuation of Athens as a strategic countermeasure to the approaching Persian army, leading to 100,000 inhabitants being displaced in the late summer.

• The Operation Storm in Croatia in 1991 conquered the separatist Republic of Serb Frontier after which a mass exodus of over 350,000 Croatian Serb people occurred.