Hurricane Katrina Storm Track

Hurricane Katrina became one of the deadliest and the most costliest hurricanes in US history with damage costs exceeding $50 billion and fatalities surpassing 1300. Katrina came ashore at Buras Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on August 29 with top winds estimated at 125 mph. Initially Katrina was a Category 1 hurricane when it first struck the US near the Broward / Miami-Dade County line in Florida on August 24 after bringing tropical storm conditions to the northern Bahamas.