The Beginning of Hurricane Katrina

The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued a statement on August 23rd saying that Tropical Depression Twelve had formed over the southeastern Bahamas. The system was upgraded to Tropical Storm Katrina on the morning of August 24th.
Katrina became the fourth hurricane of the 2005 season on August 25th and made landfall later that day around 6:30 p.m. between Hallandale Beach and Aventura inFlorida.