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HURRICANE KATRINA TIMELINE
August 26 August 28
The hurricane grows
August 24 The hurricane reaches
A tropical storm to Category 2 with Category 5. Its top wind
forms near the winds of 100 miles speed is 175 miles per
Bahamas. per hour (161 km/h). hour (282 km/h).
August 27 August 29
August 25 The hurricane The hurricane hits the
The tropical grows to Category Gulf Coast. When its eye
storm becomes 3 with winds of reaches land, its winds
a Category 1 115 miles per hour are 125 miles per hour
hurricane. (185 km/h). (201 km/h).
storms also cause more damage.
At one point, Hurricane Katrina
reached Category 5. But by the time
its eye hit the Gulf Coast, it had
slowed to Category 3.
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