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Headline: This Day in History: Hurricane Katrina Slams Into Gulf Coast
Caption: August 29, 2005. The Category 4 hurricane became the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. The city of New Orleans bore the brunt. 145 mph winds turned cars into projectiles and overwhelmed poorly tended levees that protected the city, located six feet below sea level.
Keywords: This Day in History: Hurricane Katrina,slams,Gulf Coast,United States,natural disaster,winds,145 miles per hour,New Orleans,city,bore the brunt,homeless,flooded,deaths,Category 4 hurricane,George Bush,inequality,African American
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