total property damage was estimated at $81 billion (2005 USD)
Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Katrina resulted in over 100 billion dollars of damages. There were also around 2 thousand people that died because of the storm.
For hurricane Katrina it was about 8.2 billion dollars to clean up for the storm!Comment:That's a lot of money!!!
The costliest hurricane in U.S. History was Hurricane Katrina in 2005 with a cost of $108 billion.
Damage from Hurricane Sandy is estimated to cost $65 billion. As far as Atlantic hurricanes go, this makes Sandy's price tag second only to that of Hurricane Katrina.
The actual cost of Hurricane Katrina's damage was between $96-$125 billion, with $40-$66 billion in insured losses.
When Hurricane Katrina came ashore on August 28, 2005, it caused $105 billion in damage and killed more than 1,800 people. Hurricane Katrina was devastating and greatly impacted Louisiana as well as other surrounding areas. New Orleans was flooded. People lost their homes and everything they owned.
I lived threw the hurricane Katrina in my home state Mississippi...A lot of people would say Louisiana had the most damage...HOWEVER it was a lot of flooding and had much damage, Mississippi had the most deaths and damage in my opinion. Whole neighborhood were washed away including severals schools, our library, and also our loved ones
Both Katrina and Andre were extremely destructive category 5 hurricanes. Andrew actually held the record for the most destructive U.S. hurricane at $26 billion until Katrina came along and caused damage totaling to $105 billion.
Hurricane Igor On September 19,2010 was recorded at 545 miles wide its largest point On August 27,2005 Katrina's largest point was 200 miles wide. Hurricane Katrina was 345 miles smaller than Hurricane Igor. And Igor was a Category 2 but Katrina was a Category 5.Huh.
Hurricane Katrina struck landfall as a category 3 with winds around 120 mph caused most of its damage through flooding. Hurricane Andrew struck Florida and the gulf as a category 5 with winds acceding 165 mph. Even though Andrew was much stronger when it hit. The damage Katrina caused exceeded Andrew's cause of all the flooding done because of New Orleans being under sea level and the levee's failing which instead of blocking the water it trapped the water in. The official death toll is 1,836.
They were both hurricanes that caused costly, extensive damage to populated areas of the US, Andrew in 1992 and Katrina in 2005. Both hurricanes created devastation in areas of the state of Louisiana, Katrina moreso because of her stronger winds and storm surge. Both storms were, at their peak, among the strongest of hurricanes, being classified as Category 5 storms. Andrew was, at the time, considered the most costly hurricane to ever strike the US, doing more than $26 billion USD in damage. Katrina did more than 4 times as much damage at $108 billion USD. Only the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 may have caused more damage when adjusted to current dollars.
Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage throughout the Gulf Coast and became the costliest hurricane to hit The United States at an estimated $81 billion. See the related link for more information.