Keywords: US Navy 050828-N-0000W-001 Navy graphic of Hurrican Katrina strom track.jpg en Gulf of Mexico Aug 28 2005 Graphic produced by the U S Navy Atlantic Meteorology Oceanography Center Norfolk Va showing the anticipated track of Hurricane Katrina The storm crossed South Florida Thursday and headed back to sea in the Gulf of Mexico The storm's wind has now increased to 160 mph a category 5 storm Only three Category 5 hurricanes the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale have hit the United States since record keeping began The last was 1992's Hurricane Andrew which leveled parts of South Florida killed 43 people and caused 31 billion in damage The other two were the 1935 Labor Day hurricane that hit the Florida Keys and killed 600 people and Hurricane Camille which devastated the Mississippi coast in 1969 killing 256 Katrina was over the Gulf of Mexico about 250 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi river at 7 a m local time according to an advisory posted on the U S National Hurricane Center's Web site The storm was moving toward the west-northwest at 12 mph U S Navy photo RELEASED For more information go to <a href http //www nlmoc navy mil Target _BLANK >www nlmoc navy mil</a>/ 2005-08-28 050828-N-0000W-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 27443 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Maps of the Gulf of Mexico |