Q: Did hurricane Katrina make landfall before or after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami?
A: Hurricane Katrina made landfall before the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest tropical cyclone on record which formed in August 2005 causing $125 billion damage. Hurricane Katrina claimed lives of 1,200 people.
Fatalities were reported from Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina formed as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005.
The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami was of a magnitude 9.0 which occurred undersea off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan.
The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami killed 15,899 and injured around 6,157 people. It is the costliest natural disaster in history with economic cost of US$235 billion.
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