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Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina was first in the Gulf of Mexico where it powered up to a category 5 hurricane with winds going up to 175mph according to the Saffir-Simpson Scale on August 28, 2005, but was a category 3 hgurrrincane when it reached southern Plaquemines parish Louisana, just south of Buras. This storm Flooded 80 percent of New Orleans. Thousands of people were clinging on roooftops, and scattered to shelters around the country. - Kristopher Gibson