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By Saturday evening, Camille's forward speed had increased to about 12 mph near the center, and hurricane winds extended 50 miles in all directions (USACE 1970). On Sunday, August 17, Camille was located 250 miles south of Mobile, Alabama.
Katrina formed over the Bahamas on 23 August 2005 as a tropical depression, growing into a category one hurricane by the time it reached Florida but weakening to a tropical storm once again. On 26 August, as Katrina moved over the Gulf of Mexico, its winds increased to 120kmh and it was upgraded back to a category one.