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Hurricane Katrina
| The track of Hurricane Katrina. The coloured points indicate its strength according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane scale, which ranges from Category 1 (blue) to Category 5 (red).
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| | | | | Graphical model showing a vertical cross-section of the air circulation, clouds, and precipitation associated with a hurricane
Credits: physicalgeography.net | | | | |
| | | | | This close-up of the ASAR Wide Swath Mode image of the area of the sea surface associated with Hurricane Katrina's eye shows a darker, smoother sea surface, due to the lack of winds at the central area of extreme low pressure.
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