Hurricanes were a common in this area, and they rarely did much damage. If anyone was overly worried, it wasn’t obvious. It was Saturday, August 27, and people in the coastal areas of Louisiana and Mississippi were getting notice of a hurricane in the Gulf. It only took nine hours for the hurricane to became a Category 5. Over the next days, the hurricane strengthened into Category 3 intensity and doubled in size. It only took one hour for the storm to regain hurricane status. The weakened storm quickly crossed Florida and entered the Gulf of Mexico. Parents bought new shoes and school supplies, and students laid out their new school uniforms. In the New Orleans area and parts of Mississippi, busy parents and excited students made final preparations for the beginning of the school year. The storm made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on August 25 and made landfall in southeast Florida. On August 23, a tropical depression developed in the Atlantic and quickly became a tropical storm. ![]() An estimated 3,912 people lost their lives, and the season cost the United States approximately $171.7 billion in damages. ![]() The impact of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season was extensive and catastrophic. Four of the 28 recorded storms became Category 5 hurricanes. It also happened to coincide with the most active Atlantic hurricane season in history. The summer of 2005 was hot and more humid than usual.
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