Katrina Approaches Lousiana and Mississippi (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Katrina Approaches Lousiana and Mississippi

Caption

Hurricane Katrina turned slightly eastward before slamming into shore redirecting the storm's most potent winds and rain away from the vulnerable, low lying New Orleans area. Katrina weakened slightly to a Category 4 storm and her eastward movement put the western eyewall -- the weaker side of the strongest winds -- over New Orleans. This image from Aug. 28, 2005, is from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite.

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NASA/Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

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