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Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
was the eleventh
named storm
and fifth hurricane of the
2005 Atlantic hurricane season
. It was the
costliest
natural disaster, as well as one of the five
deadliest
hurricanes
, in the
history of the United States
. The storm is currently ranked as the third most intense United States landfalling tropical cyclone, behind only the
1935 Labor Day hurricane
and
Hurricane Camille
in 1969. Overall, at least 1,245 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest United States hurricane since the
1928 Okeechobee hurricane
. Total property damage was estimated at $108 billion (2005 USD), roughly four times the damage wrought by
Hurricane Andrew
in 1992.
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