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.

Aliases (1)

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 →
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, Mississippi → Gulfport, Mississippi → Mobile, Alabama → 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, 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 (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Shock Doctrine ("Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans") →	caseStudy
Anderson Cooper →	coveredConflict
Gulfport, Mississippi →	experiencedEvent
Brian Williams →	notableCoverage
New Orleans →	notableDisaster
George W. Bush →	notableEventDuringTerm
Biloxi →	notableHurricane
Formation →	theme
Decision Points →	topic
Mississippi Gulf Coast →	wasAffectedBy