Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/August/29
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August 29
- 2005 - Hurricane Katrina (pictured) made landfall on the Gulf Coast near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, flooding much of New Orleans and severely damaging the entire state of Mississippi. Katrina caused $125 billion of damage, making it the costliest tropical cyclone on record.
- 2021 - Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane and later moved across the northeastern United States. Ida killed 112 people and caused more than $75 billion in damage.