29 août 2005 - Hurricane Katrina Slams Into The Gulf Coast

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Major Event 1: What is considered as the most terrible natural disaster in United States history, Hurricane Katrina collided into the gulf coast on August 29th, bringing widespread wreckage to the gulf coast, especially terrorizing New Orleans, Louisiana. Mississippi and Alabama were also affected. The Category 5 hurricane tore through power lines and destroyed homes with its 145 mph winds. Water from Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River flooded into the city after the levees that held back the water broke down. Katrina took a whopping 1,300 lives and immortalized itself as a name to not be forgotten,