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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 subtopics = [[United StatesKatrina Disaster Statistics]] causing extensive damage to the coastal regions of * [[LouisianaKatrina Disaster Relief]], [[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 [[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}} | }}
==External links and sourcesQuotes==
* [http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005.html NASA Hurricane Resource Page]
* [http://www.photoduck.com/photos.aspx?gid=2687&pxo=0 500 Satellite images]
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