Chicago Tribune: Comings & Goings — James & Sons jewelry, Katrina Latin Bites & Bar, Brown Bag Seafood, Poke Burrito and Chez Francois Poutinerie open in Naperville
Comings & Goings — James & Sons jewelry, Katrina Latin Bites & Bar, Brown Bag Seafood, Poke Burrito and Chez Francois Poutinerie open in Naperville
After briefly strengthening to a tropical storm over south Florida, Katrina entered the Gulf of Mexico on August 26 and rapidly intensified to a Category 5 hurricane before weakening to a Category 3 at its landfall on August 29 near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana.
Hurricane Katrina, catastrophic tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in late August 2005. The hurricane and its aftermath claimed nearly 1,400 lives, and it ranked as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
Hurricane Katrina Today, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) commemorates the 20-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, honoring the lives lost, the families forever changed and the extraordinary resilience of survivors and communities across the Gulf Coast.
Katrina, which was a Category 3 hurricane when it made landfall in southeast Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005, remains the costliest U.S. storm on record. About 1,400 people died in five states.
The continued impact of the hurricane comes into focus in a new three-part documentary series, Katrina: Come Hell and High Water, out on Netflix on Aug. 27.
The True Story Behind Katrina: Come Hell and High Water - TIME
Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 storm that made landfall off the Louisiana coast on , with maximum sustained wind speeds of 120 miles per hour. Because of the ensuing...