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Vor einem Tag · Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in August 2005, breaching levees and causing widespread death and damage. Ultimately, the storm caused more than $160 billion in damage, and it reduced the population of New Orleans by 29 percent between the fall of 2005 and 2011.
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Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area.
Der Hurrikan Katrina gilt als eine der verheerendsten Naturkatastrophen in der Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten. Der Hurrikan richtete Ende August 2005 in den südöstlichen Teilen der USA, insbesondere an der dortigen Golfküste, gewaltige Schäden an und erreichte zeitweise die Stufe 5. Zu den betroffenen Bundesstaaten gehörten Florida ...
9. Nov. 2009 · In all, Hurricane Katrina killed nearly 2,000 people and affected some 90,000 square miles of the United States. Hundreds of thousands of evacuees scattered far and wide.
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19. Aug. 2020 · Katrina’s death toll is the fourth highest of any hurricane in U.S. history, after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which killed between 8,000 and 12,000 people; Hurricane Maria, which...
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16. Jan. 2019 · An estimated 1,200 people died as a direct result of the storm, which also cost an estimated $108 billion in property damage, making it the costliest storm on record.
14. Jan. 2023 · And while the National Hurricane Center has now adjusted Katrina's death toll downward to 1,392, from an earlier estimated 1,833 deaths, it still accounts for the second-highest U.S. death...
