Hurricane Katrina effects by region
Deaths by state
Alabama
2
Florida
14
Georgia
2
Kentucky
1
Louisiana
1,577*
Mississippi
238
Ohio
2
Total
1,836
Missing
705
*Includes out-of-state evacuees
counted by Louisiana
This article covers the Hurricane Katrina
effects by region, within the United States
and Canada. The effects of Hurricane Kat-
rina, in August 2005, were catastrophic and
widespread. It was one of the deadliest natur-
al disasters in U.S. history, leaving 1836
people dead, and a further 705 missing. The
storm was large and had an effect on several
different areas of North America.
Florida
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More than 1 million customers were left
without electricity, and damage in Florida
was estimated at between $1 and $2 billion
(with most of the damage coming from flood-
ing and overturned trees).
Damage to an Exxon gas station in Pensa-
cola, Florida during Hurricane Katrina.
Two traffic fatalities related to Katrina
were also reported on the Florida Panhandle
in Walton County, and moderate to locally
heavy damage was reported in the western
part of the Panhandle (on the outer edge of
Katrina), which had already been hit hard by
Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Den-
nis in July 2005.[1]
Louisiana
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana
at 6:10 AM local time on August 29, 2005, as
a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds
of 127 miles per hour (204 km/h), near
Buras-Triumph, Louisiana and a 22 foot
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Hurricane Katrina effects by region
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Federal disaster areas: all counties in Missis-
sippi and Louisiana, 22 counties in western
Alabama, and 11 in Florida.
storm surge. The eye of the storm passed 27
miles east of downtown New Orleans at 8:30
AM. The primary areas that were affected
were southeastern Louisiana, including the
city of New Orleans, Louisiana, the parishes
of St. Tammany (Slidell), Jefferson (Gretna),
Terr