Causes of Hurricane Katrina

Devastating hurricanes are no strangers to the Atlantic Ocean; and a devastating hurricane like Hurricane Katrina featuring in the list of strongest Atlantic hurricanes at the sixth position speaks in volumes about this fact. As with all the other cases of tropical storms in the Atlantic, even Hurricane Katrina started off as a minor disturbance in the pressure system, and eventually grew into one of the worst natural disasters that the planet was ever subjected to as it came across conditions favorable for its development. In order to get a better idea about these 'favorable conditions' which triggered Hurricane Katrina, one has to get well-versed with the basics about formation of hurricanes.