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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3705392" data-attributes="member: 1246">August 29, 2005&nbsp;<a href="https://www.history.com/topics/hurricane-katrina" target="_blank">Hurricane Katrina</a> makes landfall near <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/new-orleans" target="_blank">New Orleans</a>, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/louisiana" target="_blank">Louisiana</a>, as a Category 4 hurricane on this day in 2005. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. After briefly coming ashore in southern <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/florida" target="_blank">Florida</a> on August 25 as a Category 1 hurricane, Katrina gained strength before slamming into the Gulf Coast on August 29. In addition to bringing devastation to the New Orleans area, the hurricane caused damage along the coasts of <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/mississippi" target="_blank">Mississippi</a> and <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/alabama" target="_blank">Alabama</a>, as well as other parts of Louisiana.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3705392, member: 1246"] August 29, 2005 [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/hurricane-katrina'][U]Hurricane Katrina[/U][/URL] makes landfall near [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/new-orleans'][U]New Orleans[/U][/URL], [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/louisiana'][U]Louisiana[/U][/URL], as a Category 4 hurricane on this day in 2005. Despite being only the third most powerful storm of the 2005 hurricane season, Katrina was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. After briefly coming ashore in southern [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/florida'][U]Florida[/U][/URL] on August 25 as a Category 1 hurricane, Katrina gained strength before slamming into the Gulf Coast on August 29. In addition to bringing devastation to the New Orleans area, the hurricane caused damage along the coasts of [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/mississippi'][U]Mississippi[/U][/URL] and [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-states/alabama'][U]Alabama[/U][/URL], as well as other parts of Louisiana. [/QUOTE]

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