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In pictures: Hurricane Katrina

		On patrol September 7: A soldier patrolling Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP
		Flooded streets September 6: A resident paddles a canoe through a flooded street in central New Orleans. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP
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		Long march September 5: Luggage in hand, Lynwood Doronslet, 69, sets off down the railway track towards his son's house in Metairie, outside New Orleans. Photograph: Jerry Lara/AP
		Home but not dry September 5: Eric Leese sits on the sofa in his flooded house in Metairie. Photograph: Lee Celano/Reuters
		Miles away September 5: Hurricane Katrina evacuee Joseph LaCoste, of New Orleans, rests at an evacution centre in Phoenix, Arizona. Photograph: Paul Connors/AP
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		Underworld September 5: An unidentified man under a motorway in New Orleans. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP
		On the road September 5: Highway 61 is jammed as residents return to Jefferson Parish, outside New Orleans, having been given 12 hours to collect valuables and dispose of food. Photograph: David J Phillip/AP
		Mind the gap September 5: A helicopter drops a bag of gravel into the breach in a levee in New Orleans. Photograph: Laura Skelding/AP
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		Mississippi burning September 2: A US coastguard vessel on the Mississippi passes a fire at a chemical plant in New Orleans. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP
		Desperation sets in September 1: Hurricane Katrina victims desperate to escape the primitive conditions of the New Orleans Superdome try to board buses leaving the city. Photograph: Willie Allen/AP
		Surveying the damage August 31: Karyn Davidson wipes a tear from her eye in front of her destroyed house in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Photograph: Dan Anderson/EPA
		Casino wrecked September 1: People look at what Hurricane Katrina did to the Treasure Bay casino in Gulfport, Mississippi. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty
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		Tombs flooded September 1: A graveyard under water along Interstate 10 in New Orleans. Photograph: Irwin Thompson/Dallas Morning News/Getty
		Water rescue September 1: People trapped by the flooding in Kenner, Louisiana, are rescued by boat. Photograph: Paul Mire/ Dallas Morning News/Getty
		Nowhere to go August 31: People walk along Interstate 10 near the Louisiana Superdome. Photograph: Irwin Thompson/AP
		Biloxi devastated August 31: People look for their belongings in the ruins of their home in Biloxi, Mississippi. Photograph: Barbara Davidson/AP
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		Roads to nowhere August 30: Flooding surrounds Interstate 10 at the US 90 interchange in New Orleans. Photograph: Bill Feig/AP
		Finding refuge August 30: Leeland Martin (left) pulls his brother, Milton, to the shelter in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Photograph: John Rowland/AP
		Dramatic rescue August 30: Rescuers help 73-year-old Grace White to escape from her flooded ninth ward home through a hole cut in the roof. Photograph: Arthur D Lauck/AP
		To the rescue August 29: Emergency personnel rescue residents from submerged houses in New Orleans. Photograph: James Nielsen: Getty/AFP
		Street scene August 29: Residents wade and row through a flooded street in New Orleans. Photograph: James Nielsen: Getty/AFP
		Restoring electricity August 29: Power company trucks arrive to help restore electricity to homes in Gulfport, Mississippi. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty
		Looting fears August 29: A sign in Pascagoula, Mississippi warns looters to stay away. Photograph: Dan Anderson/EPA
		Saving lives August 29: Emergency personnel prepare to rescue people at the foot the St Claude Street bridge in the ninth ward of New Orleans. Photograph: Irwin Thompson/AP
		Finding a way August 29: Jay Williams navigates his way down flooded Canal Street in New Orleans on a piece of styrofoam. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP
		Seeking shelter August 29: A man battles strong winds as he tries to make his way to the Superdome in New Orleans, where people tried to protect themselves from the impact of the hurricane. Photograph: Bill Haber/AP
		A city battered August 29: A palm tree lies on Canal Street as Hurricane Katrina batters New Orleans. Photograph: Mark Wilson/Getty
		Buildings collapse August 29: Debris from a fallen building covers vehicles in New Orleans. Photograph: Dave Martin/AP
		Taking cover August 29: Residents queue to enter the Superdome in New Orleans, which is being used as an emergency shelter for those who can't - or won't - leave for higher ground. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP
		Stormwatching August 29: Blair Quintana (right) and Patrick Lampano seek shelter in a doorway in the French Quarter of New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina passed over Louisiana. Photograph: Dave Martin/AP
		Katrina moves in August 29: An image taken by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico as it headed inland. Photograph: NOAA/AP
		Calm before the storm August 28: A woman walks through a street in the deserted French Quarter of New Orleans. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters

Latest
BBC and No 10 try to gloss over Murdoch indiscretion September 19: The BBC and Downing Street were striving yesterday to avoid reopening old wounds after Rupert Murdoch said the prime minister had criticised the corporation's coverage of Hurricane Katrina as 'full of hatred for America and gloating'.
The BBC
Blair attacks BBC for 'anti-US bias' September 18: Tony Blair has denounced the BBC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina as 'full of hatred of America' and 'gloating' at the country's plight, it was reported yesterday.
Aftermath
After the flood September 18: Ever since the ragtime piano of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans has been a vital centre of American music. Neil Spencer reports on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Alert as flood city lets people return September 18: Thousands are set to go home to New Orleans in defiance of warnings that it could be inundated again if there are just a few inches of rain.
Housing program
After the floods: trailer parks for a million September 17: It is being called the biggest federal housing programme in United States history, a plan to build up to 300,000 temporary homes for nearly a million people flooded out by Hurricane Katrina.
George Bush
US conservatives round on Bush over Katrina aid pledges September 17: 'Shocking expansion of federal role' dismays right · Doubts over wisdom of rebuilding New Orleans
Bush: Gulf Coast inequality should be ended September 16: George Bush today said poverty and racial injustice in the Gulf Coast should be brought to an end when the area is rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina. 16.09.05: Full text of Bush's speech on hurricane relief 14.09.05: Katrina failings were my fault, Bush admits for first time 13.09.05: Bush accepts 'full responsibility' for Katrina failures 12.09.05: Bush summons spirit of 9/11 to help repair ratings 11.09.05: Beleaguered Bush evokes spirit of 9/11 10.09.05: Gulf Coast will be more vibrant than ever, Bush says
Environmental issues
Katrina oil spills may be among worst on record September 16: The oil pollution in the wake of Hurricane Katrina could be among the worst recorded in North America, officials trying to coordinate the clean-up say. 11.09.05: Prescott links global warming to Katrina 09.09.05: Oil spills and lost islands add to the hurricane's toll
Comment and analysis
The petulant president September 16, Sidney Blumenthal: So long as Bush could wrap himself in 9/11 his image was shielded. But once another event of magnitude thundered over his central claim as national defender, the Bush myth crumbled. 14.09.05, Dan Glaister: A long way from home 12.09.05, Simon Schama: Sorry Mr President, Katrina is not 9/11 11.09.05, William Keegan: Stormy weather brings down hawks 11.09.05, leader: Failures at the FCO 11.09.05, Mary Riddell: A betrayal of the people 11.09.05, Cornel West: Exiles from a city and from a nation
Evacuation
Care home staff charged after Katrina deaths September 15: The owners of a nursing home in which 34 elderly patients died during Hurricane Katrina have been charged with negligent homicide after they allegedly refused an offer to help evacuate, despite warnings about the storm. 14.09.05: Nursing home charged over Katrina deaths 14.09.05: We will never return, say survivors of drowned city 10.09.05: Leave city or face jail, reluctant evacuees are told
Cartoons
		Toxic timebomb Cartoon: Steve Bell on Bush's inquiry into the response to Katrina. More cartoons by Steve Bell
Economics
Insurers taken to court over Katrina payouts September 16: The state of Mississippi has started legal proceedings against at least five insurance companies which could force them to pay out billions of dollars in damages to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Lloyd's expects to pay out £1.4bn in Katrina claims September 15: Lloyd's of London expects to incur a net loss of £1.4bn from paying out claims caused by Hurricane Katrina but insists it has enough resources to pay the bill. 15.09.05: Industry ground to a halt as US braced for Katrina 13.09.05: Insurer doubles forecast of Katrina claims 12.09.05: Regulator questions insurers over Katrina's impact 12.09.05: How America rides the storms 11.09.05: Fears grow for Katrina insurers 10.09.05: Insurers may be next victims as credit ratings slide
Inequality
Race not an issue in Katrina disaster, says Bush September 13: President uses city tour to defend federal recovery · Beleaguered emergency services chief finally quits 12.09.05: Mercenaries guard homes of the rich in New Orleans
Aid
America? 'It was like a scene from Africa' September 13, other voices: I was at home watching television when I learned that Afghanistan was giving $100,000 to help the hurricane victims in America.
Media
New Orleans media ban overturned September 12: The US authorities have overturned a ban on journalists following the rescue efforts in New Orleans after a legal challenge from CNN. 12.09.05: The story they always feared 12.09.05: How Katrina humbled the American news machine 11.09.05: Shock snaps US media out of its long trance
Reconstruction
All eyes on Halliburton as contacts turn into contracts September 11: Reconstruction work after Katrina is going to be costly - and highly lucrative. Oliver Morgan reports. 11.09.05: Congress probes hurricane clean-up contracts 10.09.05: A casino coast counts its losses 10.09.05: Hurricane news in brief
Fema
Disaster chief loses relief role after CV allegations September 10: Michael Brown, the head of the Bush administration's disaster relief effort, has been relieved of his role coordinating the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Future threats
Hurricane Ophelia could hit Atlantic coast September 10: Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane again today as forecasters said that a landfall somewhere along the south-east Atlantic coast appeared more likely.
Recovery operation
Search finds fewer bodies than feared September 10: The first street-by-street sweep of New Orleans reveals far fewer corpses than originally feared, and the city's police chief says that his force is regaining control.
The human cost
Rescuers arrive at last to discover the forgotten survivors September 7: They live on the edge, the people on the margins, expecting little and receiving less from society. They are still there, philosophically surveying the chaos around them. 05.09.05: In Katrina's wake 05.09.05: Disease warning as dysentery reported
Interactive guides
		Full coverage The hurricane, the devastation, the evacuation and the task that lies ahead.
Britons
96 Britons missing in wake of Katrina September 6: Ninety-six Britons, most of them long-term US residents, remain unaccounted for after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Foreign Office ministers said today.
Lawlessness
Murder and rape - fact or fiction? September 6: In a week filled with dreadful scenes of desperation and anger some stories stood out. But as time goes on many remain unsubstantiated and may yet prove to be apocryphal.
Audio
Is this really America? September 2: The government's flawed response to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina has failed the poor, reports Gary Younge from Mobile, Alalbama. (3mins31s). 01.09.05, Julian Borger: Chaos halts evacuation More audio reports
Newsblog
How you can help Newsblog: Rosalind Ryan rounds up the online resources helping to trace missing people and bring relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Ros Taylor: 'They lied to us to get us to move' Simon Jeffery: The backlash against Bush More from Newsblog on Hurricane Katrina
In pictures
		Hurricane Katrina The damage wrought by one of the worst storms in US history. More picture galleries
Timeline
Hurricanes in the US September 1: Ellen E Jones looks back at some of the most devastating storms in US history.
Eyewitness accounts
'It's like a war zone here' September 1, Julian Borger: Thousands of stragglers still trapped awake to find themselves in a city with few laws and no clear way out. 31.08.05: Katrina's wrath 31.08.05: For many, misery starts in Katrina's wake 30.08.05: 'The whole damn city is under water'
Flood defences
Flood took disaster agency's experts by surprise September 4: Since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast last Monday, Americans have had a new way to spell failure: Fema. 01.09.05: Why city's defences were down
How events unfolded
Thousands feared lost in US storm September 1: New Orleans to be abandoned · Threat of looting and disease 31.08.05: Death toll rises amid the devastation 29.08.05: New Orleans orders 3m to flee as hurricane nears
Your letters
Life mimics art as Bush gets the blues about Hurricane Katrina September 12: No need to claim prescience over floods for Bob Dylan in such songs as High Water (Letters, September 10). 05.09.05: Flood horrors the US can't hide 03.09.05: Storm hits the markets

Bush: Gov'ts Are Helping Katrina Victims - San Francisco Chronicle 
Struggle to process Katrina victims - Scotsman 
Oil price dips to pre-Katrina levels - Reuters

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Bush under fire over hurricane aid ·'10,000 dead' in Louisiana · Explosions rock New Orleans · Mayor's fury at rescue delays Newsblog: anti-Bush backlash EU offers oil supplies to US Mayor issues SOS as chaos grows Comment: Sidney Blumenthal Interactive: Hurricane Katrina In pictures: Hurricane Katrina Special report: Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina Bears Down on Gulf Coast    photo
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Katrina edged slightly to the east early Monday as it bore down on the Gulf Coast, providing some hope that the worst of the storm's 150 mph winds might not directly strike this low-lying city. Katrina, which...

Hurricane Could Leave 1 Million Homeless    photo
When Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans on Monday, it could turn one of America's most charming cities into a vast cesspool tainted with toxic chemicals, human waste and even coffins released by floodwaters from the city's legendary cemeteries....

Superdome Shelters New Orleans' Residents    photo
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hour after hour they sat, staring at the empty football field on the Louisiana Superdome floor. There was no game to enjoy - instead, thousands of refugees waited as monster Hurricane Katrina barreled toward New Orleans. The...

Insurer shares drop as Katrina nears U.S. 
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Louisianans Told: Head for Higher Ground    photo
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Coastal residents jammed freeways and gas stations Saturday as they rushed to get out of the way of Hurricane Katrina, a vicious storm that is threatening to gain even more strength and make a direct hit on the New Orleans...

South Florida Cleans Up After Katrina    photo
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Judge: Gooden to Be Held Without Bail    photo
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Dwight Gooden will be jailed without bail until an October hearing, a judge ruled Friday, three days after the former star pitcher fled police during a DUI traffic stop. Gooden, dressed in an orange jail outfit and shackled at...

FCC Delays Cutoff of Internet Phone Users 
WASHINGTON (AP) - A deadline has been extended that could have left tens of thousands of people without their Internet phone service next week. The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it would delay a Monday deadline for providers of...

Humans Are Ones on Display at London Zoo 
LONDON (AP) - At London Zoo, you can talk to the animals - and now some of them talk back. Caged and barely clothed within a rocky enclosure, eight British men and women monkeyed around Friday for an amused, bemused crowd behind a sign reading...

Florida Now Bracing for Hurricane Katrina    photo
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Katrina strengthened into a hurricane Thursday, dumping steady rain, kicking up surf and blowing gusty wind as it chugged toward the state's densely populated southeast coast. Katrina's maximum sustained winds...

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Cartoon: Steve Bell
Special report: Hurricane Katrina

Stranded
The Justice Center in New Orleans campaigned for death row inmates . Now it has been destroyed by Katrina.
Petrol to hit £1 a litre after US buys up supplies
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Special report: oil and petrol

 
for the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico...

 
the month of August experienced above average tropical cyclone
activity in the Atlantic Basin...with the development of five named
storms...of which two became hurricanes.  There were also two
tropical depressions that did not reach tropical storm strength. 
On average...2.8 storms and 1.5 hurricanes form during the month of
August.  Thus far in 2005...there have been 12 named storms and
four hurricanes.  These numbers are well above the long-term
averages of 4.4 storms and 2.1 hurricanes that would normally have
formed by this date.

Harvey formed from a tropical wave that exited the coast of Africa
on 23 July. This wave showed signs of organization as it moved
westward across the tropical Atlantic for several days...and into
the northeastern Caribbean Sea on 29 July. An associated area of
disturbed weather crossed Hispaniola on 30 July and moved northward
for a couple of days. The system organized into a tropical
depression on 2 August...centered about 370 miles southwest of
Bermuda. Moving north-northeastward...the cyclone strengthened into
Tropical Storm Harvey on 3 August. On 4 August...Harvey turned
toward the northeast and east-northeast...passed within about 45
miles south- southeast of Bermuda...and strenthened to its peak
intensity of 65 mph. Bermuda reported sustained winds of 37 mph
with a gust to 51 mph when Harvey passed by. The storm turned
northeastward on 6 August and moved on that general heading for a
couple of days. It lost tropical characteristics late on 8 August
about 535 miles southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland. The large and
powerful extratropical cyclone lingered over the North Atlantic for
several days but it finally lost its identity on 14 August.  

Hurricane Irene was a long-lived Cape Verde tropical cyclone that
remained over the open Atlantic throughout its lifetime and became
a strong category 2 hurricane well to the north of Bermuda. Irene
formed from a tropical wave that moved off the coast of Africa on 1
August. It developed into a depression on 4 August about 690 miles
southwest of the Cape Verde Islands...but turned northwestward
across cooler waters. Further development was halted until 7 August
when it strengthened to a tropical storm about 1250 miles east of
the northern Leeward Islands. Irene moved over the open waters of
the central tropical Atlantic for the next few days...weakening to
a tropical depression before restrengthening to a tropical storm on
10 August. Irene turned northwestward and moved between Bermuda and
Cape Hatteras on 14 August. Irene turned north-northeastward and
strengthened into a hurricane...reaching its peak intensity of 105
mph on the 15th. The hurricane turned to the east and weakened.
Irene then moved east-northeastward over much cooler waters and
became extratropical about 295 miles east-southeast of Cape Race
Newfoundland on 18 August.

Tropical Depression Ten developed from a tropical wave on 13
August about 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.  Strong
vertical wind shear caused the cyclone to dissipate the next day
about 870 miles east of the lesser antillies.  The remnants of the
depression moved west-northwestward until 23 August...when some
portion of the system may have contributed to the initial
development of Hurricane Katrina.

Jose was a short-lived tropical storm that formed from a tropical
wave on 22 August over the Bay of Campeche about 80 miles
east-northeast of Veracruz Mexico.  It became a tropical storm
later that day...and made landfall late that evening about 35 miles
north of Veracruz with maximum winds of near 50 mph.  Jose soon
dissipated over the mountains of eastern Mexico.  Media reports
indicate at least one death associated with Jose.

Katrina will likely be recorded as the worst natural disaster in the
history of the United States...producing catastrophic damage and
untold casualties in the New Orleans area and along the Mississippi
Gulf Coast...and additional casualties in South Florida. The extent
of the physical and human devastation from this hurricane cannot
yet be estimated.

This horrific storm formed from a tropical wave...becoming a
depression about 175 miles southeast of Nassau in the Bahamas on 23
August.  It became a tropical storm the following day.  Katrina
moved northwestward through the Bahamas...and then turned westward
toward South Florida and gradually strengthened.  Katrina became a
category 1 hurricane and made landfall on the Miami-Dade/Broward
County line during the evening of 25 August.  Katrina moved
southwestward across South Florida...dumping over a foot of
rain...toppling trees and power lines and damaging homes and
businesses in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.  Katrina also
brought heavy rains and sustained tropical storm force winds to
portions of the Florida Keys.  After crossing South Florida and
entering the Gulf of Mexico...Katrina began to strengthen...
reaching category 5 strength on 28 August about 250 miles
south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River.  Katrina's
winds reached their peak intensity of 175 mph winds and the
pressure fell to 902 mb...the fourth lowest pressure on record...
later that day.  Katrina turned to the northwest and then
north...making landfall in Plaquemines Parish Louisiana just south
of Buras with 140 mph winds...category 4...at 610 am CDT on 29
August.  Continuing northward...Katrina made a second landfall near
the Louisiana/Mississippi border at 1000 am CDT...with maximum
winds of near 125 mph...category 3.  Katrina weakened as it moved
inland to the north-northeast but was still a hurricane 100 miles
inland near Laurel Mississippi.  Katrina continued to weaken and
became a tropical depression near Clarksville Tennessee on 30
August.  At month's end...the remnants of Katrina were racing
east-northeastward near Binghamton New York.

Tropical Storm Lee developed from a tropical wave over the
central tropical Atlantic...first becoming a depression on 28 August
about 925 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.  The depression
dissipated the following day...but its remnants redeveloped into a
depression and then a storm on the last day of the month.  At
month's end...Lee was located about 965 miles east of the Lesser
Antilles.  

Summary table

Name          dates        Max wind   deaths   U.S. Damage
      mph        $million
----------------------------------------------------------
ts Harvey    2-8  Aug          65        0          
h  Irene     4-18 Aug         105        0          
TD ten      13-14 Aug          35        0
ts Jose     22-23 Aug          50        1          **
h  Katrina  23-31 Aug         175        **         **
ts Lee      28 Aug -           40        0
----------------------------------------------------------
note...dates based on coordinated Universal time (utc)
*  preliminary estimate
** unknown at this time

Forecaster Franklin/Avila/Beven/Knabb/Pasch/Stewart

Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina was the eleventh named tropical storm, fourth hurricane, third major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the third most powerful storm of the season, behind Hurricane Wilma and Hurricane Rita, and the sixth-strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. It first made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane just north of Miami, Florida on August 25, 2005, then again on August 29 along the Central Gulf Coast near New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category 4 storm. Its storm surge soon breached the levee system that protected New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. Most of the city was subsequently flooded mainly by water from the lake. This and other major damage to the coastal regions of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama made Katrina the most destructive and costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States.

The official death toll now stands at 1,302 and the damage from $70 to $130 billion, topping Hurricane Andrew as the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. Over a million people were displaced — a humanitarian crisis on a scale unseen in the U.S. since the Great Depression.

In Louisiana, the hurricane's eye made landfall at 6:10am CDT on Monday, August 29. After 11:00am CDT, several sections of the levee system in New Orleans collapsed. Mandatory evacuation of New Orleans had been ordered by mayor Ray Nagin before the hurricane struck, on August 28. The order was repeated on August 31. By early September, people were being forcibly evacuated, mostly by bus to neighbouring states.

Federal disaster declarations blanketed 90,000 square miles (233,000 km²) of the United States, an area almost as large as the United Kingdom. The hurricane left an estimated five million people without power, and it may take up to two months for all power to be restored. On September 3, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff described the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as "probably the worst catastrophe, or set of catastrophes" in the country's history, referring to the hurricane itself plus the flooding of New Orleans.

For a timeline of events leading up to Hurricane Katrina through the aftermath of the hurricane, see the following table:

Hurricane Katrina timeline

Wednesday, August 24

Tropical Depression Twelve is upgraded to Tropical Storm Katrina.