Facts About Hurricane Katrina

Facts About Hurricane Katrina

• _{Slammed into New Orleans on August 29, 2005 as a Category 3 hurricane}
• _{'Katrina' had sustained winds of 201 kilometers an hour when it came ashore}
• _{80-percent of New Orleans flooded after its protective levees were breached}
• _{1,800 people were killed}
• _{More than 1,000,000 residents were forced from their homes}
• _{US Army Corps of Engineers was given about $14 billion to improve levees and flood walls in New Orleans area}