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{{Infobox_Contents | topic_name = Hurricane Katrina [[Image:250px-Katrina2005-colorIR.gif|thumb|right|Descriptioncenter]] | '''Hurricane Katrina''' was one of the most destructive tropical cyclones ever to hit the [[United States]] causing extensive damage to the coastal regions of [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Alabama]] on August 29, 2005. By late morning of August 29 [http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09.html], the storm caused several sections of the levee system in subtopics = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] to collapse. Subsequent flooding over most of the city, a large part of which lies below sea level, resulted in widespread damage and many deaths, largely due to inadequate hurricane preparedness for New Orleans.| opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}} | }}

Later estimates placed '''Hurricane Katrina''' was one of the most destructive tropical cyclones ever to hit the death toll in [[United States]] causing extensive damage to the thousandscoastal regions of [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Alabama]] on August 29, 2005. By late morning of August 29 the damage is expected to surpass Hurricane Andrew as storm had caused several sections of the costliest natural disaster levee system in U[[New Orleans, Louisiana]] to collapse.S. history (estimates run as high as $200 billion). Over Subsequent flooding over most of the city, a million people were displaced — a humanitarian crisis on a scale unseen large part of which lies below sea level, resulted in the U.S. since the Great Depressionwidespread damage and many deaths, largely due to inadequate hurricane preparedness for New Orleans.

Federal Later estimates placed the death toll in the thousands, and the damage made the hurricane the costliest natural disaster declarations blanketed 90,000 square miles in U.S. history (233,000 km�) of the United States, an area almost estimates run as large high as the [[United Kingdom]]$200 billion). The hurricane left an estimated five Over a million people without power, and it may take up to two months for all power to be restored. On September 3, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff described the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as "probably the worst catastrophe, or set of catastrophes" were displaced - a humanitarian crisis on a scale unseen in the country's history, referring to the hurricane itself plus U.S. since the flooding of New OrleansGreat Depression.

* [[Katrina Disaster Statistics]]* [[Katrina United States Federal Disaster Stories]]* Declarations blanketed 90,000 square miles (233,000 km) of the United States, an area almost as large as the [[Katrina Disaster ReliefUnited Kingdom]]. The hurricane left an estimated five million people without power.

==External links =Statistics and sourcesKey Facts===

'''Disaster recoveryKey Facts about Hurricane Katrina As of September 10, 2005'''* [https://give.redcross.org/?hurricanemasthead American Red Cross: Official donation site]

<!-- This is the ONLY donation link that should be inserted in the article, if any at all. There are a lot of fraud sites out there right now, see the talk page'''Duration''' Aug. 23 -->* [http://katrinahousing.org KatrinaHousing.org: Offer housing to survivors, find housing if you are a survivor]* [http://homeport.uscg.mil/mycg/portal/ep/home.do Coast Guard: Submit a report of Missing/Stranded Person]* [http://neworleans.craigslist.org/about/help/katrina_cl.html Craigslist: Missing Persons, Aid, Volunteers31, Temp Housing]* [http://hurricanehousing.org/ HurricaneHousing.org: Request or Offer Temporary Housing]* [http://www.gulfcoastnews.com Gulf Coast News: Survivor Connector Database]* [http://www.hurricanerefugee.com Hurricane Refugee Connect Site: Organized by Last Name]* [http://www.katrinahelp.info Katrinahelp.info] - Disaster recovery wiki.2005

'''GovernmentHighest winds'''* [http:175 mph (280 km//www.fema.gov/ Federal Emergency Management Agency]* [http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/ Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness]* [http://www.msema.org/ Mississippi Emergency Management Agency]* [http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005.html NASA Hurricane Resource Page]* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/KATRINA.shtml National Hurricane Center advisory archive on Katrina]* [http://www.photoduck.com/photos.aspx?gid=2687&pxo=0 500 Satellite images]h) sustained

'''Live streaming local coverageDamages'''$25-30 billion insured (Total damages put as high as $100 billion) [1] (Costliest Atlantic hurricane of all time)

The status '''Fatalities''' 601 direct, 956 indirect (up to 3,000 estimated total), tens of the following news feeds is subject to changethousands missing.

* [http://www'''Areas affected''' Bahamas, South Florida, Louisiana (especially Greater New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Panhandle, most of eastern North America.wwl.com/ WWL 870 AM]

* [http://www.wlbt.com/global/video/WorldNowASX.asp?playerType=native&ClipID1=512296&h1Quotes=Mississippi%20Gulf%20Coast%20Damage%20from%20Skycopter%203&vt1=v&at1=News%20-%20Special%20Coverage&d1=1370767&LaunchPageAdTag=Homepage&activePane=info&playerVersion=6 22 minute video] from WLBT 3 (NBC) news helicopter, surveying damage over coastal MS from Gulfport to Biloxi. August 30 2005, approx 4:00 p.m. Central. MMS link to video: mms://a1250.m.akastream.net/7/1250/12206/v001/worldnowwlbt.download.akamai.com/12206/WLBT_20050830112530.wmv

* '''[http://www.wwltv.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15525 Message board thread] from WWLTV.com's forums detailing webstreaming statuses of various Gulf Coast TV and radio stations - this list includes local scanner coverage of police, USCGOn September 3, and Amateur Radio communications in Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff described the affected areas.aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as * [http://wss-vip.adv.xc.advection.net/event/adv/evt20050902/new_orlean/0250?ext=.asf DirectNIC's] live webcam "Probably the worst catastrophe, or set of downtown's Central Business District, looking East from 650 Poydras towards Camp St. [http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/ blog] A map is at krioni.100free.com/interdictor.html  ----  Modified from Wikipediacatastrophes" in the country's article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina Hurricane Katrina].  ----history

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