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September 9, 2009

Facts about Hurricane Katrina

Filed under: Hurricane Katrina — Tags: — admin @ 8:25 pm

• Hurricane Katrina Fact: It has a lowest pressure of 902 millibars (26.64 inches).

• Hurricane Katrina Fact: The pressure and sustained wind at landfall (Broward/Miami-Dade county line) is 984 millibars which is 80 mph.

• Hurricane Katrina Fact: The pressure and sustained wind at landfall (Buras, LA) is 920 millibars which is 125 mph.

• Hurricane Katrina Fact: The pressure and sustained wind at landfall (LA-MS border) is 928 millibars which is 120 mph.

• Hurricane Katrina Fact: The maximum sustained wind at peak is 175 mph.

• Hurricane Katrina Fact: Fatalities: 1833

• Hurricane Katrina Fact: It has a storm surge height of 27.8 feet in Pass Christian, MS.

• Hurricane Katrina Fact: Hurricane Katrina began as a tropical depression near the southeastern Bahamas.

• Hurricane Katrina Fact: Hurricane Katrina weakened and it becomes extratropical in the Ohio Valley.



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