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Event:	TC Tropical Cyclone
Number:	2005-000144
Country:	USA United States
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Date (YMD):	2005-8-29
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Information Source:	IFRC
Comments:	Hurricane Katrina was a category-five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale as it churned towards the southern coast of the United States on Sunday. The powerful storm weakened slightly to a category-four hurricane just before making landfall in the southern state of Louisiana early morning on 29 Aug with winds at around 140 miles per hour.
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TC-2005-000144----
Tropical Cyclone,(Non-Localized): Tropical Storm KATRINA, PSTN 200508242000EDT 26.0N 77.6W, MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND WEST NEAR 9 MPH, PRES 1001HPA, MXWD 45MPH