Hurricane Katrina is rank 3.
Hurricane Katrina started out as a tropical depression, as most hurricanes do, then strengthened to a tropical storm and then a category 1 hurricane. Nor hurricane ever actually starts at hurricane intensity, and they have to go through category 1 to get to the other categories.
Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the morning of August 29 in southeast Louisiana and again near the Louisiana/Mississippi state line as a Category 3 hurricane.
Hurricane Katrina never came anywhere near Australia. It hit the United States.
Hurricane Katrina was the largest hurricane to impact Louisiana. It made landfall in 2005 as a Category 3 storm and caused catastrophic damage, especially in and around New Orleans.
Hurricane Rita was the next actual one that made landfall and was substantial.
Yes. Hurricane Katrina peaked as a category 5 storm with sustained winds of 175 mph.
Hurricane Katrina started out as a tropical depression, as most hurricanes do, then strengthened to a tropical storm and then a category 1 hurricane. Nor hurricane ever actually starts at hurricane intensity, and they have to go through category 1 to get to the other categories.
Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the morning of August 29 in southeast Louisiana and again near the Louisiana/Mississippi state line as a Category 3 hurricane.
No. First Isaac isn't even a hurricane yet (as of August 27, 2012). It is still a tropical storm. Even though Isaac is a very large storm it is still not as large as Katrina. Based on forecasts Isaac probably won't get any stronger than a category 2 hurricane. Katrina was a category 5.
Hurricane Katrina never came anywhere near Australia. It hit the United States.
Hurricane Katrina was the largest hurricane to impact Louisiana. It made landfall in 2005 as a Category 3 storm and caused catastrophic damage, especially in and around New Orleans.
No. Hurricane Katrina was a hurricane, which is a type of very powerful storm.
By the time it made landfall in Louisiana it was a category 3. At one point it was a C5
Hurricane Katrina was indeed a recorded storm. It is difficult to imagine how a storm like that would not be recorded.
Hurricane Katrina became a Category 5 hurricane on at around 7 A.M. central daylight time on August 28, 2005. The storm reached peak intensity 6 hours later, with winds of 175 mph and a central pressure of 902 millibars.
Hurricane Rita was the next actual one that made landfall and was substantial.
No, Hurricane Katrina was the 5th hurricane and 11th named storm of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season.