Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina
Katrina originated as Tropical Depression Twelve near the Bahamas on August 23, 2005. The next day, the tropical depression strengthened to a tropical storm, and was named Katrina. It proceeded to make landfall on the southern tip of the U.S. state of Florida as a minimal hurricane. Afterward, Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 storm near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, and once...