Hurricane Katrina
by: Ashley Morgan
Louisiana
Florida
August 23, 2005
Bahamas
August 24, 2005
Given name
August 25, 2005
Florida
14 died
80 mph
August 26, 2005
Gulf of Mexico
Category 3-5
Nine Hours
August 27, 2005
3rd major hurricane of season
doubled in size
August 28, 2005
178 mph winds
Strongest hurricane to hit Gulf of Mexico
August 29, 2009
Hit Louisiana category 3
Levee system failed
80% flooded
Afterwards
1,836 died
705 missing
$100 billion
6th strongest overall
Hurricanes
Tropical Cyclone
Storm system with low pressure center
Equator
Hurricanes
warm water
Thunderstorms in ocean
Late summer
Three steps
Evaporationcondensation
Wind pattern
air pressure between • surface
• High altitude
• water vapor condenses• Surface pressures decrease
• air dense• cooler
• condensation
Wind
o collides
o Warm down moist up
o wind stops hot air
3.
• Air rises to higher pressures
• Air cycle growth increases
Thanks for
Watching
Resources• http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00181/how%20a%20hurricane%20forms.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrican_Katrina
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida
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