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Date August 23, 2005 - August 31, 2005
Location Louisiana • Gulf of Mexico / Gulf of America • Mississippi • New Orleans • United States

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  • If all the debris from Hurricane Katrina were stacked on a football field, the pile would reach over ten miles high.

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Warm water fuels Hurricane Katrina. This image depicts a 3-day average of actual dea surface temperatures for the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, from August 25-27, 2005.
Disasters of Historic Proportion
Warm water fuels Hurricane Katrina. This image depicts a 3-day average of actual dea surface temperatures for the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, from August 25-27, 2005.
Disasters of Historic Proportion