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Images: Deadly Katrina hits Gulf Coast

by ZDNet Author  |  July 19, 2006 11:36am PDT  |  Image 5 of 10

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power path
This chart shows the path of Hurricane Katrina and the power that it picked up as it swept from Florida across the Gulf of Mexico. The warm water increased the strength of Katrina's hurricane-force winds (red) and the tropical winds (brown). The winds weakened when the storm hit land.

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