Hurricane Katrina Case Study (Tropical Storm)
- Created by: Laurawalker01
- Created on: 16-05-18 14:10
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- Hurricane Katrina Date: August 2005
- primary effects
- 1800+ people died
- 300,000 houses were destoryed
- 80% of new Orleans was flooded
- 3 million without electricity
- Secondary effects
- Hundred of Thousand made homeless
- 230,000 jobs were lost
- water supplies were polluted with sewage and chemicals
- cost of damage = $150 Billion
- Immediate Responses.
- 70-80% New Orleans were evacuated
- Mississippi and Louisiana were in state of emergency
- coast guard, police , fire services rescued over 50,000 people
- Charities collected donations to provide aid
- Long Term Responses
- US Government provided 16+ billion dollars rebuilding
- Army built houses on stilts / not to build in low lying areas
- repaired and improved flooding defence costs = $14.5 billion
- primary effects
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