Coastal Change Hazards: Hurricanes and Extreme Storms -- Hurricane KatrinaU.S. Geological Survey
--Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a category 3 storm in Plaquemines Parish, LA on August 29, 2005. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the University of New Orleans are cooperating in a research project investigating coastal change that occurred as a result of Hurricane Katrina.