Hurricane Katrina

August 23–31, 2005 · New Orleans

Hurricane that flooded about 80 percent of New Orleans after its levees failed. About 1,400 people died, and the slow federal response drew wide criticism.

On the map Contemporaries

Participants

United States

Strength and losses

	All
Deaths	1,833

Also involved 1

George W. Bush President of the United States, Criticised for the federal response