Hurricane Katrina was one of the most powerful hurricane, that caused 1.836 victims, in the history of the United States of America. Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd 2005 in the atlantic coast but also affected one part of the gulf coast that is to say states like New Orleans, Mississippi, Lousiana, Florida, Panhandle and Alabama . Katrina had strengthened to a category 3 storm in the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricane Katrina caused damages counting in 75 thousand million dollars. Hurricane Katrina formed over The Islands of Bahamas on August 24th, and also attacked the City of Miami and Cuba.
A hurricane is a powerful storm that is formed in the sea and its winds can reach a velocity of 100 kilometres per hour, the temperature of the sea must be in a range of 27 -28 celcius degrees.
Hurricanes mainly appears in countries which climate is template and warm seas, that is the reason will be very strange to have a hurricane in South America.
Nowadays Hurricanes can be detected by satellites or meteorologic radars, for this reason people can be warned about 3 or 4 days before the storm formed in order to they can find a secure shelter to face this phenomeno.
Hurricane Katrina dissipated from the coast on August 31st,2005.
Hurricane Katrina wasn't the last hurricane that threated USA but it has been the most powerful ones.
Hurricane Rita was the following hurricane that attacked USA's coast on september 21st, 2005.
