One building can seem untouched, while others nearby are flattened also trees can be partly weakened: tree limbs can fall months later, crashing onto a roof, automobile, fence, etc. Wind gusts can be scattered, so boats or debris can ram one house but not another. Wind speeds east of the eye can be 40–50 mph (64–80 km/h) higher than winds west of the eye. General: The effects of a hurricane can be scattered across a large area, because hurricanes are large complex storms which spawn smaller thunderstorms, tornadoes, storm surges, and sea waves. In a state of just 2.9 million residents, that means more than one in six Mississippians have sought help. Since Katrina hit, more than half a million people in Mississippi have applied for assistance from FEMA. The extent of the devastation in Mississippi is also staggering. 'The Mississippi Gulf Coast has been devastated. More than one million people in Mississippi were affected, and almost 6 months later, the extent of the devastation in Mississippi was still described as 'staggering' in USA Today on February 16, 2006: Casinos were allowed on land rather than limited to floating casino barges as in 2005. The emergency command centers were moved higher because all 3 coastal centers flooded at 30 ft (9.1 m) above sea level. Regulations were changed later for emergency centers and casinos. Afterward, 238 people died in Mississippi, and all counties in Mississippi were declared disaster areas, 49 for full federal assistance. The worst property damage from Katrina occurred in coastal Mississippi, where all towns flooded over 90% in hours, and waves destroyed many historic buildings, with others gutted to the 3rd story. Survived by climbing to attics or rooftops, or swimming to higher buildings and trees. and lasted over 17 hours, spawning 11 tornadoes (51 in other states ) and a 28-foot (8.5 m) storm surge flooding 6–12 miles (9.7–19.3 km) inland. Hurricane-force winds reached coastal Mississippi by 2 a.m. Many coastal towns of Mississippi (and Louisiana) had already been obliterated, in a single night. and entering Tennessee as a tropical storm.

CDT on August 29, 2005, the eye of Katrina began traveling up the entire state, only slowing from hurricane-force winds at Meridian near 7 p.m.

īeginning a two-day path of destruction through central Mississippi by 10 a.m. Hurricane Katrina's winds and storm surge reached the Mississippi coastline on the morning of August 29, 2005.

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Media related to Hurricane Katrina at Wikimedia Commons.Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Katrina at landfall on the Louisiana-Mississippi border

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