What happened?
Early in the morning on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States with a sustained wind speed of 100–140 miles per hour. The storm itself did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic and Hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were displaced from their homes, and experts estimate that Katrina caused more than $100 billion in damage.
Early in the morning on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States with a sustained wind speed of 100–140 miles per hour. The storm itself did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic and Hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were displaced from their homes, and experts estimate that Katrina caused more than $100 billion in damage.