Hurricane Katrina, on this day in history, Aug. 20, 2005, made landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana. The natural disaster caused major destruction and disruption.

As Hurricane Milton batters Tampa, Florida area, here's how the storm is alike and different from Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

A message board for Hurricane Katrina evacuees at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The arena hosted More than 16,000 storm victims arrived at the arena in September 2005, having evacuated New Orleans.

Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005, primarily affecting the Gulf Coast of the United States, and became one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

Hurricane Katrina evacuee Joe Ragas of New Orleans spends a portion of his day at the Eudora Welty Library in Jackson, Mississippi, looking through classified ads for a place to rent in 2005.

Just as Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, one leading supply chain expert warns that Milton could be a catastrophic event for the west coast of Florida.

The same year as another infamous hurricane, Katrina, it was part of the devastating 2005 hurricane season. Hurricanes, tornadoes, snow and heat: Sign up for USA TODAY's Climate Point newsletter.

The 2024 hurricane season brought Florida face-to-face with some of the strongest storms in recent memory, tying the record set in 2004 with three landfalling hurricanes: Debby, Helene and Milton.

A satellite image of Hurricane Katrina (left) on Aug. 29, 2005 and a satellite image of Hurricane Milton on Oct. 9, 2024.