Hurricane Katrina Case Study
- Created by: libbyr16
- Created on: 30-11-21 18:04
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- Hurricane Katrina
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- category 3
- landfall on the south coast of the USA - New Orleans
- Responses
- response of local/national governments has been criticised for not being fast enough or effective enough
- limited supplies in the Superdome
- the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) were unprepared for the scale of destruction and there were many more people needing help than the FEMA could cope with
- poorest regions of the city worst affected as they didn't have cars so was hard to evacuate
- survivors from here felt abandoned by government
- Preparation
- very good forecasting, tracking and monitoring enabled prediction of where the hurricane would make landfall
- storm surge overwhelmed levees and barriers
- Mayor of New Orleans ordered evacuation 80% successfully, but many people were unable to leave and some chose to stay at home
- some areas experienced deep water where people had to escape to their roofs to avoid the water
- the Superdome was designed as a shelter
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