Case Study 7 - Causes/effects to Hurricane Katrina
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- Created on: 12-05-14 18:19
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- Case Study 7: Causes and Effects of extreme weather events
- Hurricane Katrina
- Category 4 storm, swept through South US coast, wind speeds of 170mph
- Storm surges reached over 6m tall
- New Orleans was worst hit, because it lies below sea level
- STATES AFFECTED
- Flordia
- Louisiana
- Mississipi
- Alabama
- Worst affected in NEW ORLEANS
- RESPONSE/ EFFECTS
- US$50 bill donated by government
- Slow process which was criticized
- Emergency services were poor and took too much time
- UK gov sent food aid during early stages of recovery
- 10k people injured
- Damage included houses and bridges destroyed
- People stayed in Superdome stadium - conditions were poor
- Occured Aug 23-30, 2005
- Cyclone Nargis
- Hurricane Katrina
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