What was the name of the 2005 hurricane that hit the United States, devastating New Orleans and causing more than $100 billion in damage?

Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Southeastern United States in late August 2005 as a category 5 hurricane. The storm devastated the city of New Orleans, as well as dozens of other towns and cities in the area, flooding the region to the tune of more than $100 billion in damage and more than 1,300 deaths. It remains the costliest tropical cyclone on record for the U.S.

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