This occurred in 2005, when a Loop Current Eddy separated in July, just before Hurricane Katrina passed over and "bombed" into a Category 5 hurricane. The eddy remained in the Gulf and slowly ...

For example, the maximum storm surge of Hurricane Katrina was 27.8 feet in Pass Christian ... elevations as of 2008 on USGS topographic maps were only surveyed to an accuracy of 10 feet.

27 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes a video of a weather radar map showing a hurricane ... It was the deadliest mainland hurricane in the U.S. since Katrina in 2005, spurring ...