Tropical Storm Katrina

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The name Katrina has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean, three tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and one tropical cyclone in the South Pacific. It was used in the Pacific on the old four-year lists.

Contents 1 North Atlantic 2 Northeast Pacific 3 South Pacific 4 See also

[edit] North Atlantic

• 1981's Hurricane Katrina - A late season Category 1 hurricane that impacted Cuba in November 1981, killing two people.
• Katrina was on the naming lists for the 1987 and 1993 seasons but was not used.
• 1999's Tropical Storm Katrina – A minimal tropical storm that struck near the same area as catastrophic Hurricane Mitch a year earlier, but caused little damage.
• 2005's Hurricane Katrina – A catastrophic storm that was the costliest and one of the five deadliest in US history. It formed over the Bahamas, made its first landfall near Miami, Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, then struck near Long Beach, Mississippi, approximately 40 miles east of New Orleans, Louisiana, as a Category 3 storm after weakening from a strong Category 5, in August 2005.

The name Katrina was retired in the North Atlantic after the 2005 season, and will be replaced by Katia for the 2011 season.

[edit] Northeast Pacific

• 1967's Hurricane Katrina - A Category 1 hurricane that struck the Baja in late August/early September 1967.
• 1971's Tropical Storm Katrina - A small tropical storm that affected Baja California in August of 1971.
• 1975's Hurricane Katrina - A Category 4 hurricane that did not affect land.

[edit] South Pacific

• 1998's Cyclone Katrina-Victor-Cindy - The longest-lasting South Pacific cyclone on record, lasted for 24 days in January 1998 to the east of Australia.

[edit] See also

• 2004's Cyclone Catarina, one of the few South Atlantic tropical cyclones, which may be confused with Katrina.