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20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

In late August, 2005, Hurricane Katrina became one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the last 100 years. With sustained winds during landfall of 125 mph (a strong category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale) and minimum central pressure the third lowest on record at landfall (920 mb), Katrina caused widespread devastation along the central Gulf Coast states of the U.S.  Cities such as New Orleans, LA, Gulfport, MS, and Mobile, AL bore the brunt of Katrina's force and needed weeks, if not months of recovery efforts to restore normalcy.  The storm surge overtopped and breached levees in the New Orleans metropolitan area, resulting in the inundation of much of the city and its eastern suburbs.  Wind damage extended well inland into northern Mississippi and Alabama.

Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes in the history of the United States.  It was responsible for approximately 1,850 reported deaths, including about 1,000 in Louisiana and 200 in Mississippi.  It remains one of the costliest hurricanes with an estimated $108 billion in damage.

There is currently a display on 2nd Floor South at Marx Library highlighting a few of the resources we have in our government documents collection on this event.  There is a companion of both online and in-house materials.  For more extensive list of resources on the topic, see our LibGuide – .

Additional resources:

-- "Extremely Powerful Hurricane Katrina Leaves a Historic Mark on the Northern Gulf Coast"

(U.S. National Hurricane Center)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/30/25 (CRS REPORT, R48584)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/30/25 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF13047)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/30/25 (CRS REPORT, RS22478)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/27/25 (CRS REPORT, R43419)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/26/25 (CRS REPORT, R48233)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/26/25 (CRS REPORT, R48586)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/26/25 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF13032)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/26/25 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF11932)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/26/25 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF12560)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/25/25 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF13042)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/25/25 (LEGAL SIDEBAR, LSB11329)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/24/25 (CRS REPORT, Rl33313)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/24/25 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF12106)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/24/25 (CRS INSIGHT, IN12572)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/24/25 (CRS REPORT, R47603)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/23/25 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF13038)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/23/25 (CRS INSIGHT, IN12571)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/23/25 (CRS INSIGHT, IN12577)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/23/25 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF12840)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/2025 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF12713)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/20/25 (CRS INSIGHT, IN12567)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/18/25 (CRS REPORT, R48645)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/18/25 (CRS INSIGHT, IN12570)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/18/25 (LEGAL SIDEBAR, LSB11325)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/16/25 (LEGAL SIDEBAR, LSB10922)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/16/25 (CRS REPORT, R48295)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/13/25 (LEGAL SIDEBAR, LSB10362)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/12/25 (LEGAL SIDEBAR, LSB11323)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/9/25 (CRS INSIGHT, IN12561)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/6/25 (LEGAL SIDEBAR, LSB11322)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/6/25 (LEGAL SIDEBAR, LSB11321)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/5/25 (CRS IN FOCUS, IF10803)

U.S. Congressional Research Service, 6/4/25 (CRS REPORT, R48555)