Eye on the Storm: Hurricane Katrina Fast Facts

Eye on the Storm: Hurricane Katrina Fast Facts: "Eye on the Storm: Hurricane Katrina Fast Facts
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
September 6, 2005

A week after one of the worst national disasters in U.S. history, the Gulf Coast is devastated, thousands of people are displaced, and unknown numbers have lost their lives.

How does Hurricane Katrina stack up to history's most powerful storms? Get the facts about Katrina and other deadly tempests."