Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall 20 years ago on Friday , devastated the New Orleans area and much of the neighboring Mississippi Gulf Coast. Here are some key facts and figures:

Death toll: The number of people who died in Katrina has been continually puzzled over, with researchers attempting to determine what should and should not be attributed to the storm. The official National Hurricane Center death toll now stands at 1,392 , down substantially from an earlier estimated 1,833 deaths. The new toll took into account findings from medical logs.

Costliest in history: Katrina remains the costliest U.S. hurricane on record , largely because of the accompanying levee failures that inundated New Orleans. Damage has been estimated at $125 billion in 2005 dollars, or $201 bill

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