10 years since the devastating Hurricane Katrina

ArabiaWeather.com- The story of the formation and development of this hurricane began on August 23, 2005, when a tropical depression formed around the Bahamas in the far southeast of Florida, and quickly gained strength as it moved westward due to its passage over bodies of water with high temperatures and the absence of severe winds. On August 26 of the same year, it passed the southern part of the state of Florida after it became a hurricane of the first degree, with wind speeds reaching 120 km / h, torrential rain and floods.

On the next day, on August 27, the hurricane entered the Gulf of Mexico, and here it began to increase in violence and strength due to its passage over hotter water bodies with a temperature of more than 30 degrees Celsius, which means that more water vapor has been injected, which is the main fuel for the increase in the strength of the hurricane to quickly turn into a hurricane of degree The second, then the third, in less than 24 hours, and the wind speed increased to more than 180 km/h.

On August 28, with the acquisition of more water vapor and the availability of appropriate weather conditions, including the absence of harsh winds, the hurricane quickly reached the fourth degree, then the fifth quickly, and its area increased, while the atmospheric pressure values at the center of the cyclone fell to 902 millibars only, and the wind speed increased around the center until it reached more than 280 km / h, and here the greatest danger began to threaten the southern coast of the United States of America, as the hurricane began to take a northerly course towards it.

On the next day, August 29, Hurricane Katrina - which was still classified as a fifth degree - was stationed off the southern coast of Louisiana, where it began to affect the southern part with rain, violent thunderstorms and hurricane winds that reached 200 km / h, while the waves rose to 6 meters as they entered the state Including its capital, "New Orleans", under the control of this hurricane, where high waves flooded the city, in addition to the precipitation of huge amounts of torrential rain, totaling 400 mm in less than 48 hours only, especially in the south of the state.

By the end of the next day, August 30, and after the hurricane entered the American mainland, Hurricane Katrina had caused massive damage in the state of Louisiana and neighboring states.

The end of Hurricane Katrina was at the end of August 31, when it turned into a weak air depression that soon faded when it reached the northeastern United States of America.

This devastating hurricane caused huge losses, especially in the city of New Orleans, the capital of the state of Louisiana. More than 137,000 homes in New Orleans alone, and material losses were estimated at $ 138 billion.

New Orleans has drowned 80% of its area

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