Hurricane Katrina in the gulf coast. Mitigation assessment team report. Building performance observations, recommendations, and technical guidance
The North Atlantic hurricane season for 2005 began early and was an unusually active season, breaking the previous recorded hurricane season records for the number of named storms, hurricanes, Category 5 hurricanes, major hurricanes making U.S. landfall, early-season storms, and the strongest hurricane in the Atlantic Basin (see Table 1). On average, about six North Atlantic hurricanes occur every year; by the end of 2005, there had been 15. The annual hurricane season, which generally lasts from June 1 through November 30, was longer than average for the 2005 hurricane season with Tropical Storm Zeta (the 27th named storm) persisting until January 2006.
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Hazards
Cyclone, Hurricane and Typhoon
Country and region
United States of America
Number of pages
26 p.
Publication year
2006