page_title: Effects of Hurricane Katrina in Florida
section_title: Miami area
hierarchical_section_title: Effects of Hurricane Katrina in Florida / Impact / Miami area
caption_attribution_description: English: Dania Beach, Broward County, FL, 8-28-05 -- Hurricane Winds from Katrina knocked over huge tree crushing this home. Joann &amp; Orland Douglas point to where they were when the tree fell on them. Orland was knocked down by the tree and Joann was trapped under the rubble and had to be rescued. Many Mobile homes and homes are damaged and residents are displaced. MARVIN NAUMAN/FEMA photo
context_page_description: The effects of Hurricane Katrina in Florida were in both in the southern portion of the state and in the panhandle. After developing on August 23, Katrina made landfall near the border of Broward and Miami-Dade counties with 80 mph winds on August 25. While it was crossing the state, the hurricane's convection was asymmetrical, primarily located to the south and east of the center. As a result, high rainfall totals occurred in the Miami area, peaking at 16.43 in in Perrine. The rains caused flooding, and the combination of rains and winds downed trees and power lines, leaving 1.45 million people without power. Damage in South Florida was estimated at $523 million, mostly as a result of crop damage. Further south, the hurricane spawned a tornado in the Florida Keys. In the island chain, Katrina dropped heavy rainfall and gusty winds.
  After emerging from the state, intensified into one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes, becoming a Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It moved ashore in Louisiana and Mississippi, although the hurricane's outer periphery produced a 5.37 ft storm surge in Pensacola along the panhandle.
context_section_description: While moving across Florida, Katrina had an asymmetric area of thunderstorms, which placed the strongest winds and rainfall over Miami-Dade County. The highest precipitation total related to hurricane in the United States was 16.43 in (417 mm) in Perrine, or about halfway between Miami and Homestead. Of the total, 15.10 in (384 mm) fell in 24 hours. During its passage, the eye of the hurricane moved directly over the office of the National Hurricane Center, which reported a wind gust of 87 mph (140 km/h). The strongest sustained winds in Florida was a report of 72 mph (116 km/h) on the roof of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in  Virginia Key. The same station recorded a gust of 94 mph (151 km/h). Unofficially, wind gusts reached 97 mph (156 km/h) at Homestead General Aviation Airport. The hurricane's accompanying storm surge was small, estimated at around 2 ft (0.61 m). Consequentially, there was minor beach erosion and isolated coastal flooding.
  The heavy rainfall flooded neighborhoods in the area, damaging over 100 houses. The storm left about 1.4 million people without power in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. In Broward County north of Katrina's first landfall, the hurricane dropped light rainfall, ranging from 2 to 4 in (51 to 102 mm). Downed trees killed three people in the county. Train and bus service was disrupted in the Miami area. Property damage was estimated at $100 million. Widespread flooding affected crop nurseries and greenhouses, and crop damage totaled $423 million. Three people drowned in Miami-Dade County, two of whom on boats.
caption: Tree damage in Dania Beach in Broward County
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