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Day 1
The National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, informs that the tropical system that will become Hurricane Katrina. It also says that a tropical depression has formed over the Bahamas. The weather system is about 560 kilometers east of Miami. -
Day 2
The storm has strengthened and it has become more organized.This is why it has been given a name, tropical storm Katrina, and it is about 370 kilometers east of Miami. Its strongest winds are blowing at about 65 kilometers an hour. -
Day 3
Katrina has continued to strengthen and is now a hurricane. Its strongest winds are about 120 kilometers an hour which makes it a making it a Category One hurricane. The storm is about 25 kilometers east of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and about to make landfall. -
Day 4
-The National Hurricane Center reports that the hurricane is "rapidly strengthening" as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico's very warm waters. With a speed of 160 kilometers an hour.
-Governors Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana and Haley Barbour of Mississippi declare states of emergency in their respective states. -
Day 5
Katrina has turned into a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 185 kilometers per hour. -
Day 6
The winds of the hurricane have a speed of 235 kilometers an hour, making it a Category Four storm. The eye of the storm is about 500 kilometers south of the mouth of the Mississippi River. That same day the winds increased to 280 kilometers an hour, making it a Category Five storm. -
Day 7
At 2am; Hurricane Katrina turns north toward the Louisiana coast, but the storm's strongest winds have diminished slightly. The winds are at 240 kilometers an hour, and its eye is about 145 kilometers from New Orleans. The hurricane's strongest winds are about 235 kilometers an hour as it hits Louisiana . At 9m the Hurricane is expected to pass east of New Orleans at 215 kilometers per hour. Katrina slams into Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi destroying much of both cities. -
Day 8
Hurricane Katrina has now turned into a storm at maximum winds at 55 kilometers an hour, and its center is dumping heavy rainfall on Tennessee.