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Hurricane Katrina was a deadly hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast in late August 2005. It was the sixth-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic ocean. The flooding that followed submerged the city of New Orleans in Louisiana and also coastal Mississippi. Reportedly 1,836 people lost their lives due to this hurricane and it caused $81.2 billion in damage. There was widespread criticism about how federal and state officials responded to it. | Hurricane Katrina was a deadly hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast in late August 2005. It was the sixth-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic ocean. The flooding that followed submerged the city of New Orleans in Louisiana and also coastal Mississippi. Reportedly 1,836 people lost their lives due to this hurricane and it caused $81.2 billion in damage. There was widespread criticism about how federal and state officials responded to it. | ||
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Revision as of 16:19, June 28, 2007
Hurricane Katrina was a deadly hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast in late August 2005. It was the sixth-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic ocean. The flooding that followed submerged the city of New Orleans in Louisiana and also coastal Mississippi. Reportedly 1,836 people lost their lives due to this hurricane and it caused $81.2 billion in damage. There was widespread criticism about how federal and state officials responded to it.