Regulations were changed later for emergency centers and casinos. Afterward, 238 people died in Mississippi, and all counties in Mississippi were declared disaster areas, 49 for full federal assistance. The worst property damage from Katrina occurred in coastal Mississippi, where all towns flooded over 90% in hours, and waves destroyed many historic buildings, with others gutted to the 3rd story. Survived by climbing to attics or rooftops, or swimming to higher buildings and trees. and lasted over 17 hours, spawning 11 tornadoes (51 in other states ) and a 28-foot (8.5 m) storm surge flooding 6–12 miles (9.7–19.3 km) inland. Hurricane-force winds reached coastal Mississippi by 2 a.m. Many coastal towns of Mississippi (and Louisiana) had already been obliterated, in a single night. and entering Tennessee as a tropical storm. CDT on August 29, 2005, the eye of Katrina began traveling up the entire state, only slowing from hurricane-force winds at Meridian near 7 p.m. īeginning a two-day path of destruction through central Mississippi by 10 a.m. Hurricane Katrina's winds and storm surge reached the Mississippi coastline on the morning of August 29, 2005. Works related to Katrina sources at Wikisource.Media related to Hurricane Katrina at Wikimedia Commons.Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Katrina at landfall on the Louisiana-Mississippi border
