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Hurricane Katrina was by far a worse hurricane.

Katrina reached peak intensity as a category 5 hurricane with 175 mph winds before making landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a category 3 with 120-125 mph winds. It had made previous strikes in the Bahamas as a tropical storm and in Florida as a category 1 hurricane. Overall Katrina cause $105 billion in damage and killed 1836 people, marking it as the most destructive and one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

Irene peaked as a Category 3 hurricane over the Bahamas with 120 mph winds before making three consecutive landfalls in the U.S. as a category 1 hurricane/tropical storm with 85 mph, 75 mph and 65 mph winds respectively. Other landfalls occurred in the Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico as a tropical storm, and in the islands of the Bahamas with strength varying from category 1 to category 3. Irene killed 56 people and caused $7-10 billion in damage, which still makes it a very destructive hurricane.

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