Hurricane Katrina

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Atlantic hurricane Cape Verde hurricane Category 5 Atlantic hurricane natural disaster tropical cyclone

Hurricane Katrina was a catastrophic 2005 Atlantic hurricane that caused widespread devastation along the U.S. Gulf Coast, particularly in New Orleans, due to extreme flooding and levee failures.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hurricane Katrina canonical 48
Katrina 2
Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans 1

Statements (94)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
Cape Verde hurricane ⓘ
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane ⓘ
natural disaster ⓘ
tropical cyclone ⓘ
affectedCountry Bahamas ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
affectedU.S.State Alabama ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
New York ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
basin Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
culturalImpact inspired documentaries ⓘ
inspired films and television coverage ⓘ
inspired numerous books ⓘ
displacedPopulation hundreds of thousands of people ⓘ
dissipatedOn 2005-08-31 ⓘ
estimatedEconomicDamage_USD about 125000000000 ⓘ
over 100000000000 ⓘ
estimatedFatalities over 1800 ⓘ
estimatedFatalitiesRange approximately 1830 to 1850 ⓘ
evacuationsOrdered over one million people ⓘ
firstBecameTropicalDepressionNear southeastern Bahamas ⓘ
firstFloridaLandfallDate 2005-08-25 ⓘ
firstMadeLandfallNear Hallandale Beach, Florida ⓘ
floodDefenseSystem New Orleans levee system ⓘ
formedOn 2005-08-23 ⓘ
governorOfLouisianaDuringEvent Kathleen Blanco ⓘ
hurricaneSeason 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ⓘ
leveeFailureInvestigatedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
maximumCategoryOnSSHWS 5 ⓘ
mayorOfNewOrleansDuringEvent Ray Nagin ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure_hPa 902 ⓘ
minimumCentralPressure_mbar 902 ⓘ
nameRetired true ⓘ
nameRetiredBy World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
nameRetiredFrom Atlantic hurricane naming list ⓘ
notableAnniversary 10th anniversary commemorations in 2015 ⓘ
notableCityAffected Biloxi ⓘ
surface form: Biloxi, Mississippi

Gulfport, Mississippi ⓘ
Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
notableEnvironmentalImpact coastal erosion in Louisiana ⓘ
oil spills in the Gulf region ⓘ
wetland loss in the Gulf Coast ⓘ
notableEvacuation pre-storm evacuation of New Orleans ⓘ
notableFloodingLocation New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
notableGovernmentResponseIssue criticized federal response ⓘ
criticized local response ⓘ
criticized state response ⓘ
notableInfrastructureFailureLocation New Orleans levee system ⓘ
partOf history of Louisiana ⓘ
history of New Orleans ⓘ
history of the United States in the 21st century ⓘ
peak1MinuteSustainedWinds_km/h 280 ⓘ
peak1MinuteSustainedWinds_mph 175 ⓘ
percentageOfNewOrleansFlooded approximately 80% ⓘ
primaryCauseOfDamage freshwater flooding ⓘ
high winds ⓘ
levee failures ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
promptedReform Federal Emergency Management Agency procedures ⓘ
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers levee design standards ⓘ
U.S. disaster preparedness policies ⓘ
rankByAtlanticHurricaneIntensity one of the most intense Atlantic hurricanes on record ⓘ
rankByCostInUSHistory for many years the costliest U.S. hurricane on record ⓘ
one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history ⓘ
reachedCategory5On 2005-08-28 ⓘ
replacementName Katia ⓘ
retirementAnnouncementYear 2006 ⓘ
secondMajorLandfallDate 2005-08-29 ⓘ
secondMajorLandfallNear Buras-Triumph, Louisiana ⓘ
shelterOfLastResort Ernest N. Morial Convention Center ⓘ
Louisiana Superdome ⓘ
stormSurgeHeight_feet up to about 28 ⓘ
stormSurgeHeight_meters up to about 8.5 ⓘ
thirdLandfallDate 2005-08-29 ⓘ
thirdLandfallNear near the Louisiana–Mississippi border ⓘ
U.S.PresidentDuringEvent George W. Bush ⓘ
worstAffectedStatesByFatalities Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Orleans → notableDisaster → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
George W. Bush → notableEventDuringTerm → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Anderson Cooper → coveredConflict → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
The Shock Doctrine → caseStudy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
Formation → theme → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Mississippi Gulf Coast → wasAffectedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Biloxi → notableHurricane → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Decision Points → topic → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Brian Williams → notableCoverage → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Gulfport, Mississippi → experiencedEvent → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
“Decision Points” → subject → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
subject surface form: Decision Points
Pearlington, Mississippi → wasSignificantlyAffectedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi → affectedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi → hasRebuiltAfter → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
2005 Atlantic hurricane season → notableStorm → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
2005 Atlantic hurricane season → includesStorm → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
2005 Atlantic hurricane season → retiredStormName → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katrina
Buras-Triumph, Louisiana → wasDevastatedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Buras-Triumph, Louisiana → landfallOf → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Buras-Triumph, Louisiana → hasRebuildingEffortsAfter → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Ray Nagin → notableEvent → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Presbytère → themeOfExhibitions → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Katia → replaces → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katrina
Katia → replacedNameRetiredBecauseOf → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Orleans Parish → experiencedEvent → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Kathleen Blanco → notableEvent → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 → motivatedByEvent → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival → notableCoverage → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts → subject → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts → follows → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Louisiana 1927 → associatedWithEvent → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Formation (music video) → featuresTheme → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Byron Pitts → covered → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Fort Jackson (Louisiana) → damagedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Fort Pike → damagedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana → majorDisaster → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Salvage the Bones → setDuringEvent → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Grand Isle, Louisiana → wasAffectedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Ocean Springs → affectedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Pass Christian → wasSeverelyDamagedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Pass Christian → hasRebuiltAfter → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Waveland → eventAffectedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Waveland → naturalDisaster → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Beauvoir → damagedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Biloxi Lighthouse → survivedEvent → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Biloxi Bay Bridge → destroyedPredecessorBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Harrison County, Mississippi → wasSeverelyAffectedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Oklahoma City Hornets → relocationReason → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Brian Douglas Williams → notableCoverage → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ
Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area → wasAffectedBy → Hurricane Katrina ⓘ