The state's lone Category 5 storm is one of the deadliest: Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 claimed nearly at least 1,400 people's lives and caused billions of dollars in damage. The storm reached ...
Hurricane Katrina was the most devastating storm ever ... strongest storms ever to make landfall in the US. It was a Category 5 hurricane when it hit Dade County, Florida in August 1992.
This occurred in 2005, when a Loop Current Eddy separated in July, just before Hurricane Katrina passed over and "bombed" into a Category 5 hurricane. The eddy remained in the Gulf and slowly ...