Hurricane Katrina, a powerful Category 4 storm, made landfall near Buras, Louisiana, on August 29, 2005, at approximately 6:10 a.m. Central Daylight Time. Packing winds of 145 m.p.h., the hurricane emerged from the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm then proceeded north, impacting the historic city of New Orleans, Louisiana, and the state of Mississippi, causing widespread devastation.