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Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane at landfall.
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Is it true that hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane at landfall?
No. Multiple reference and peer-reviewed sources state that Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 storm (one says Category 4), while its Category 5 peak occurred earlier over the Gulf of Mexico. The claim that it was Category 5 at landfall is contradicted.
Verdict: REFUTED · 0 sources for, 8 against · Last checked
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Hurricane Katrina. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
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Congressional Report on the Response to Hurricane Katrina. (2021). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3735/9781935306627.book-part-260
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Center, D. T. I. (2009). DTIC ADA494535: Army Support during the Hurricane Katrina Disaster. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA494535
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Center, D. T. I. (2006). DTIC ADA575202: Hurricane Katrina: Communications & Infrastructure Impacts. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA575202
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Floating Debris in the Northern Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01689
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Pardue, J. H., Moe, W. M., McInnis, D., Thibodeaux, L. J., Valsaraj, K. T., Maciasz, E., Heerden, I. v., Korevec, N., & Yuan, Q. Z. (2005). Chemical and microbiological parameters in New Orleans floodwater following Hurricane Katrina.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0518631
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Aune, K. T., Gesch, D., & Smith, G. S. (2020). A spatial analysis of climate gentrification in Orleans Parish, Louisiana post-Hurricane Katrina.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109384
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Wikipedia: List of storms named Katrina. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_storms_named_Katrina
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