| Event: | TC Tropical Cyclone |
| Number: | 2005-000144 |
| Country: | USA United States |
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| Date (Y-M-D): | 2005-8-29 |
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| Information Source: | IFRC |
| Comments: | Hurricane Katrina was a category-five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale as it churned towards the southern coast of the United States on Sunday. The powerful storm weakened slightly to a category-four hurricane just before making landfall in the southern state of Louisiana early morning on 29 Aug with winds at around 140 miles per hour. |
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