- When did Katrina hit Houston?
- What was the last hurricane to hit Houston?
- What hurricane hit Houston after Katrina?
- What are the 5 strongest hurricanes to hit the Houston Galveston Area?
- Who was affected by Hurricane Katrina in Houston?
- What was the rating of Hurricane Katrina when it hit?
- Where was the first landfall of Hurricane Katrina?
- What was the most destructive storm in Houston?
When did Katrina hit Houston?
August 29, 2005
Katrina Stalled over the Gulf of Mexico, gaining strength. In this satellite image, a close-up of the center of Hurricane Katrina’s rotation is seen at 9:45 a.m. EST on August 29, 2005 over southeastern Louisiana. Katrina made landfall that morning as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds in excess of 135 mph.
What was the last hurricane to hit Houston?
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey
| Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
|---|---|
| Hurricane Harvey near peak intensity prior to landfall in southern Texas on August 25 | |
| Formed | August 17, 2017 |
| Dissipated | September 2, 2017 |
| (Extratropical after September 1) |
What hurricane hit Houston after Katrina?
Today marks 13 years since Hurricane Rita made landfall near the Texas-Louisiana Border. Houston and Galveston dodged the worst of the devastating hurricane, but it was category 5 chaos on the roadways two days before expected landfall.
What are the 5 strongest hurricanes to hit the Houston Galveston Area?
The Great Galveston Storm (1900)
Who was affected by Hurricane Katrina in Houston?
Virtually all of the evacuees were poor and black. An estimated 150,000 people evacuated from Louisiana into the Houston region as a result of Hurricane Katrina. More than 90 percentof the evacuees who moved into the area shelters were black.
What was the rating of Hurricane Katrina when it hit?
When the storm made landfall, it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale–it brought sustained winds of 100–140 miles per hour–and stretched some 400 miles across. While the storm itself did a great deal of damage, its aftermath was catastrophic.
Where was the first landfall of Hurricane Katrina?
The heavy death toll of the hurricane and the subsequent flooding it caused drew international attention, along with widespread and lasting criticism of how local, state and federal authorities handled the storm and its aftermath. 1. Katrina first made landfall in South Florida.
What was the most destructive storm in Houston?
8 of the most destructive storms in Houston’s history. 1 The Great Galveston Storm, 1900. Responsible for more than 6,000 deaths, the Category 4 hurricane was labeled the deadliest weather disaster in United 2 Galveston hurricane, 1915. 3 Hurricane Carla, 1961.