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 | | Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and crossed southern Florida as a minimal hurricane before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico, becoming, at that time, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Gulf. |
 | | On August 27, after Katrina crossed southern Florida and strengthened to a Category 3 storm, President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi two days before the hurricane made landfall |
 | | The storm surge caused major or catastrophic damage along the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, including the cities of Mobile, Alabama, Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi, and Slidell, Louisiana. |
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