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''This article is about a Hypothetical scenario of the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season. For the storms based on this scenario, see Hurricane Irma, and Hurricane Katrina''

Hurricane Katrina was an supremely powerful and catastrophic Cape Verde-type hurricane, the strongest ever observed in the Atlantic, and the world in terms of maximum sustained winds. It was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record, followed by Hurricane Orla two weeks later, and is unofficially the second-costliest Caribbean hurricane on record, again surpassed by Hurricane Orla in the same year. It was also the most intense hurricane to ever have been recorded worldwide. Katrina was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the United States since Marcel in 2008, and the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Georgia since the 1898 Georgia Hurricane.

The eleventh named storm, tenth hurricane, fifth major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Katrina caused widespread and unprecedented damage throughout its long lifetime, especially in parts of the northeastern Caribbean and Georgia.

Katrina developed on August 30, 2017 near the Cape Verde Islands, from a tropical wave that had moved off the west African coast three days prior. Under favorable conditions, Katrina rapidly intensified shortly after formation, becoming a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale within a mere 24 hours. Katrina became a Category 3 hurricane Major hurricane shortly afterward; however, the intensity fluctuated between Categories 2 and 3 for the next several days due to a series of eyewall replacement cycles. On September 4, Katrina resumed intensifying, becoming a Category 4 hurricane. By early the next day, Katrina became a Category 5 hurricane, reaching winds of up to 175 mph. On September 6, Katrina's wind speeds reached 200 mph and a minimum pressure of 865 hPa (25.54 inHg), making it the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide ever recorded.

On the 7th, Katrina reached its peak intensity of 220 mph (355 km/h) and made landfall in The Turks and Caicos Islands and in The Bahamas the next day. Katrina maintained Category 5 intensity for a mere 6 days, the longest lasting Category 5 on record. On September 9, Katrina turned to the north, setting its eyes on Georgia. By this time, Katrina had weakened to 185 mph, but still was capable of unthinkable damage. By the September 11th, Katrina made its final landfall in Savannah, Georgia, with winds of 175 mph, and a minimum pressure of 885 hPa. Katrina weakened rapidly as it moved toward land, primarily because of wind shear. As it moved through central Georgia as a Category 2, Katrina began to moderately damage cities in the Piedmont region such as Atlanta and Lawrenceville. As the system weakened into a strong Tropical Storm, it triggered mudslides across the Appalachian Mountain Range. Katrina finally dissipated over Kentucky on September 14.

As of December 15, the hurricane has caused at least 213 deaths: one in Anguilla; two in Barbados; three in Barbuda; four in the British Virgin Islands; nine in Cuba; 11 in the French West Indies; one in Haiti; three Qin Puerto Rico; four on the Dutch side of Sint Maarten; 169 in the contiguous United States (128 in Georgia alone), four in the U.S. Virgin Islands; and two elsewhere in the Caribbean, precise locations unknown.