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'''Hurricane Katrina''' was an extremely destructive and deadly [[Category 5 hurricane|Category 5]] [[hurricane]] that struck the [[Gulf Coast of the United States]] in August 2005, causing catastrophic damage from central [[Florida]] to eastern [[Texas]]. Subsequent flooding, caused largely as a result of fatal engineering flaws in the flood protection system<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/24/us/decade-after-katrina-pointing-finger-more-firmly-at-army-corps.html|title=Decade After Katrina, Pointing Finger More Firmly at Army Corps|access-date=2018-08-13|language=en}}</ref> around the city of [[New Orleans]], precipitated most of the loss of lives. The storm was the third [[major hurricane]] of the record-breaking [[2005 Atlantic hurricane season]], as well as the fourth-most intense [[tropical cyclone]] on record to make landfall in the United States, behind only the [[1935 Labor Day hurricane]], [[Hurricane Camille]] in 1969, and [[Hurricane Michael]] in 2018.
The storm originated over the [[Bahamas]] on August 23, 2005, from the merger of a [[tropical wave]] and the remnants of [[Tropical Depression Ten (2005)|Tropical Depression Ten]]. Early on the following day, the new [[tropical depression]] intensified into a [[tropical storm]] and headed generally westward toward Florida, strengthening into a hurricane only two hours before making landfall at [[Hallandale Beach, Florida|Hallandale Beach]] and [[Aventura, Florida|Aventura]] on August 25. After very briefly weakening again to a tropical storm, Katrina emerged into the [[Gulf of Mexico]] on August 26 and began to [[Rapid intensification|rapidly intensify]]. The storm strengthened into a [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 5|Category 5]] hurricane over the warm waters of the Gulf,<ref>{{cite news|title=NASA – Heat in the Gulf|url=https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/katrina_seaheight.html|work=www.nasa.gov|date=September 16, 2005|language=en}}</ref> but weakened before making its second landfall as a [[Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 3|Category 3]] hurricane on August 29, over southeast [[Louisiana]] and [[Mississippi]]. As Katrina made landfall, its front right quadrant, which held the strongest winds, slammed into [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], devastating it.
Overall, at least 1,836 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making Katrina the deadliest United States hurricane since the [[1928 Okeechobee hurricane]]. Severe property damage occurred in numerous coastal areas, such as [[Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi|Mississippi beachfront towns]] where boats and casino barges rammed buildings, pushing cars and houses inland; water reached {{convert|6|–|12|mi|km|0}} from the beach. Total property damage was estimated at $125 billion (2005 [[USD]]),<ref name=NOAACostliest /><ref name="KatrinaTCR">{{cite report|author=Knabb, Richard D|author2=Rhome, Jamie R|author3=Brown, Daniel P|url={{NHC TCR url|id=AL122005_Katrina}}|format=PDF|title=Hurricane Katrina: August 23 – 30, 2005|author4=National Hurricane Center|accessdate=January 8, 2016|publisher=United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service|date=December 20, 2005|type=Tropical Cyclone Report}}</ref> roughly four times the damage wrought by [[Hurricane Andrew]] in 1992,<ref name="andrewtcr">{{cite report|author=Rappaport, Edward N|author2=National Hurricane Center|date=December 10, 1993|accessdate=January 1, 2013|title=Hurricane Andrew: August 16 – 28|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew.html|type=Preliminary Report|publisher=United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service}}</ref> tying Katrina with [[Hurricane Harvey]] of [[2017 Atlantic hurricane season|2017]] as the [[List of costliest Atlantic hurricanes|costliest]] Atlantic tropical cyclone on record.<ref>{{cite report|author4=National Hurricane Center |author=Blake, Eric S |author2=Landsea, Christopher W |author3=Gibney, Ethan J |archivedate=November 27, 2012 |deadurl=no |date=August 2011 |title=The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones from 1851 to 2010 (And Other Frequently Requested Hurricane Facts) |type=NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS NHC-6 |accessdate=November 27, 2012 |publisher=United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service |url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/nws-nhc-6.pdf |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6CUXzlU54?url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/nws-nhc-6.pdf |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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