FACT 1
Number of deaths caused per state by Katrina:

• Louisiana: 799
• Mississippi: 219
• Florida: 11
• Alabama: 2
• Georgia: 2

Overall death toll: 1,033

FACT 2
When it made landfall, Katrina was a Category Four storm featuring gusts topping 140 miles an hour (225 kilometers an hour).

FACT 3
The storm surge from Katrina was 20-feet (6-meters) high.

FACT 4
More than 1 million Gulf Coast residents have been displaced and many of the refugees were living below the poverty line before the storm struck.

FACT 5
The primary cause of hurricane-related fatalities over the past 30 years has not been storm surge or winds, but inland flooding.

FACT 6
The U.S. locations with the highest annual chance for hurricane strikes are: Miami, Florida, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina: 48% San Juan, Puerto Rico: 42% New Orleans: 40%

FACT 7
An estimated 80% of New Orleans was under water, up to 20 feet deep in places.

FACT 8
Casinos built on barges along the coast damaged or destroyed, some floated across beach onto land. Dozen casinos employed about 14,000 people, generated $2.7 billion in annual revenue.

FACT 9
The total damage cost: 81.2$ billion

FACT 10
Total area affect by Katrina: 90,000 square miles

FACT 11
95% of Red Cross relief workers were volunteers

FACT 12
Number of backpacks sent to teens affected by Katrina as part of Do Something’s “We’ve Got Your Back” campaign: 60,000

Sources

FACT 1:To date according to the state's Department of Health and Hospitals http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/21/katrina.impact/
FACTS 2-5: National Geographic, News Article Sept, 2005 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0906_050906_katrina_facts.html
FACT 6: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) http://www.noaa.gov/ FACTS 7,8: Fox News Articles, Sept., 2005 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,167306,00.html
FACTS 9-12: BUILD magazine Article: “One Year Later: How the Gulf Coast is Picking up the Pieces