Hurricane Katrina 2005
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- Created on: 22-04-18 07:12
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- Hurricane Katrina
- Facts
- Category 3 with 280km/h winds
- Hit Louisiana through New Orleans then Mississippi
- 27 August 2005
- Impacts
- Primary
- 1,836 dead most drowned
- Over 6m high storm surge
- Coastal habitat destroyed
- Over $300Bn
- 3Mn without electricity
- I-10 Bridge out of New Orleans collapsed
- Secondary
- 30 offshore oil ridges sank lead to soaring prices
- Over 80% of New Orleans under
- Flood waters severely poluted
- Looting and violence made city unsafe
- 230 jobs lost
- Over 300,000 homes destroyed
- Primary
- Response
- Immediate
- National Guard came in to recuse and treat people
- Government sent food and water aid
- $50Mn Government aid
- Over 200k sought refuge in Superdome
- Long term
- Government $800 Mn on improving flood defences
- $34 bn set aside for Rebuilding schools and homes
- Many evacuees never returned
- Immediate
- Facts
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