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Hurricane Katrina  

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  • Hurricane Katrina, a record storm that was part of a record hurricane season, was the costliest disaster to strike the United States, and also one of the deadliest when it struck the nation on August 29, 2005. In the United States, the storm most directly affected South Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief; Hurricane Katrina (2005)]

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  • 2005

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