hurricane katrina hurricane katrina late forming tropical cyclone impacted portions bahamas november tropical cyclone eleventh named storm seventh hurricane atlantic hurricane season katrina developed area western caribbean_sea early november initial tropical depression deepened slowly upgraded tropical storm katrina november hours later katrina peaked sustained winds mph storm landfall south coast cuba early november katrina quickly weakened tropical storm emerging atlantic_ocean hours later system accelerated northeastward crossed bahamas late november katrina dissipated late november shortly merging frontal system ripped tree slammed bar heavy rainfall observed cuba peaking inches result cuba experienced flash flooding mountainous areas katrina moved country southern bridges railroads reportedly washed sugar mills suffered damage estimated homes suffered impact destroyed addition approximately sugar cane crops damaged people drowned cuba attempting cross swollen river bahamas received rain causing flood damage corn crops particularly long_island meteorological history november area disturbed weather mass thunderstorms developed western caribbean_sea subsequently low pressure area began form system designated tropical depression early november located miles south operationally national_hurricane_center began issuing advisories tropical depression utc november initial advisory noted depression slowly strengthen reach tropical storm status hours strong convection depression remained disorganized early november satellite imagery weather stations caribbean_sea region indicating intensification hours later depression strengthened tropical storm katrina drifting northward continuing strengthen katrina slowly north northeastward eventually northeast national_hurricane_center operationally classified katrina tropical depression utc november reconnaissance aircraft flight reported tropical storm force winds utc november storm strengthened category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane wind scale later day katrina attained peak intensity reconnaissance aircraft flight reported minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg observed maximum sustained winds mph surface katrina weakened slightly approaching cuba early november storm landfall winds mph shortly moving inland system weakened tropical storm deepening trough offshore east_coast united_states caused katrina accelerate east northeastward utc november storm emerged atlantic_ocean katrina slowly weakened crossing central bahamas later day reconnaissance aircraft flight failed locate closed circulation system dissipated late november located miles south southeast bermuda preparations impact anticipation katrina people head cattle central cuba evacuated according broadcast havana radio result officers issued storm alert provinces hurricane watch declared central eastern bahamas southeast coast florida small craft advised remain close port storm expected pose threat united_states katrina dropped inches precipitation ripped tree slammed highest observed hour precipitation total cuba inches rainfall nation peaked inches result cuba experienced flash flooding mountainous areas katrina moved country southern number bridges railroads washed sugar mills suffered damage homes suffered impact destroyed addition estimated sugar cane crops damaged people drowned cuba attempting cross swollen river bahamas received rain deaths injuries reported heavy rains central islands caused flood damage corn crops long_island bad weather hurricane katrina caused cancellation 15th running gold cup race
Hurricane Katrina (1981)