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August 29[edit]
2005: Hurricane Katrina pushed an incredible storm surge onshore in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, killing almost 2,000 people and causing more than $80 billion in damage. It was the costliest Atlantic hurricane in history, as well as the deadliest in the United States since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane.
2017: Severe flooding following heavy rainfall struck Mumbai, India, killing dozens of people due to electrocutions and a building collapse.
2021: Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest hurricanes on record to strike the state of Louisiana, made landfall near Port Fourchon with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour (240 km/h).