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Hurricane Katrina Fact Sheet
- worst natural disaster in the history of the United States
- Made landfall south of New Orleans at 6:10 a.m. Aug. 29, 2005
- Category 3 at landfall
- More than 1,600 killed in Louisiana and Mississippi
- 80 percent of New Orleans flooded
- Levees not yet ready for the next massive storm
- Levees slated to be strengthened by 2015
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