Aug 25, 2005
A tropical wave that moved across the Atlantic from near the west coast of Africa eventually spawned the tropical cyclone that became hurricane Katrina. The tropical wave became a tropical depression near the central Bahamas late on August 22. The depression moved slowly northwest and became tropical storm Katrina on August 24 near the northwest Bahama Islands then turned west and intensified to a hurricane on August 25, a few hours before making landfall on the southeast Florida Coast.The cen
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5470157). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Coastal Dade County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.