The Rain Bomb: How a Huge âMicroburstâ Fell From the Sky in Australia (Video)
Galveston Texas was hit by the most famous hurricane in the early 1900s Katrina is the most famous of recent Hurricaines due to the flooding of new Orleans that resulted froâ¦m it. Hurricane Katrina is more famous than Ike. It was also more recent. Ike hit the entire east coast.
Hurricanes like Katrina are the most powerful storms in nature. They begin when a group of storms comes together over warm waters in the ocean along the equator. All summer long, these areas absorb heat from the sun. By late summer, the higher water temperatures allow storms to strengthen and grow.