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Hurricane?
National Hurricane Center issues a warning. They were predicting just a tropical storm. -
Is it official?
The "tropical storm" now has a name. People are becoming more serious. -
2 down
At 7pm, 2 people are killed by trees that fell because of the wind. -
Calming down
The hurricane weakens and becomes a tropical storm again. "We went to bed last night expecting some possible rain and woke up this morning to learn that Katrina was 75 miles [120 kilometers] north of Marathon [Florida]," says Dan Gallagher, resident of Grassy Key. "A lot of the live-aboards [people living on houseboats] in Boot Key Harbor were surprised to find their boats in new spots." -
Third time's a charm
Katrina is now classified as a category 3 hurricane. -
...and we're back.
Katrina becomes a hurricane again as soon as she touches the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. -
Oh-no
Hurricane Katrina has leveled up to a category 4 storm. -
Is it over?
The National Hurricane Center issues its last advisory on the storm that once was Hurricane Katrina. The storm has maximum winds of about 35 miles an hour, and its center is dumping heavy rainfall on Tennessee. -
S.O.S.
The mayor of Louisianna sends an sos to the federal government. The people taking shelter in the Superdome had no food.
