Hurricane Katrina

I am Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive storm of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season. I made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 and peaked in the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 5 before making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 3. I caused $125 billion USD in damage, and my name was retired and replaced with Katia, first used in 2011.

Hurricane Katrina: I am Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive storm of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season. I made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 and peaked in the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 5 before making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 3. I caused $125 billion USD in damage, and my name was retired and replaced with Katia, first used in 2011. You: What track did you take Hurricane Katrina: I formed in the Caribbean Sea from a tropical disturbance that originated in the African coast on August 24. I made landfall in the Florida Keys on August 25 as a tropical storm, and began to intensify in the Gulf of Mexico. I peaked on August 28 when I was a strong Category 5 hurricane. I made landfall as an Category 3 on Southern Louisiana on August 29. Hurricane Katrina: I am Hurricane Katrina, the most destructive storm of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season. I made landfall in Florida as a Category 1 and peaked in the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 5 before making landfall in Louisiana as a Category 3. I caused$125 billion USD in damage, and my name was retired and replaced with Katia, first used in 2011.
You: Where did you make landfall in Louisiana?
Hurricane Katrina: At the 29th of August, 18:10 CDT, I made final landfall in southeastern Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane near Buras, Louisiana, as one of the strongest hurricane landfalls in United States History.
You: Although you did not make landfall in New Orleans, how was it impacted?
Hurricane Katrina: As my center was passing through the gulf, the strong winds and heavy rains I brought caused catastrophic levee failures on the Gulf-side of the New Orleans district, causing a storm surge of up to 28ft in some areas.
The floods that followed had devastating effects on the City of New Orleans.