Hurricane Katrina
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- Hurricane Katrina
- Economic Impacts
- Oil rigs were damaged and this caused petrol prices to rise around the world
- Thousands of businesses destroyed
- 230,000 jobs lost
- Hotels and tourist facilities were destroyed
- Infrastructure was destroyed and cost a lot to replace
- Cost the US government billions of dollars
- Environmental Impacts
- Coastal habitats were destroyed
- Water supplies were polluted with sewage and chemicals
- Farmland ruined by saltwater
- 1.3 million acres of trees were lost
- Toxic chemicals released due to damage
- Human Impacts
- Water diseases spread rapidly
- Telecommuni-cations failed
- 3 million people were without electricity for a week
- tens of thousands of people made homeless
- Jobs were lost
- 705 people missing
- Short term responces
- New Orleans Super dome used as an evacuation point
- EU provided blankets, medical kits, water and food
- Coast Guard rescued 33,000 people
- Half of the American states were providing shelter for evacuees
- FEMA payed for temporary hotel housing for 12,000 households.
- Housing assistance for 700,000 households
- Long term responses
- Floodgates being built, will be finished it 2013
- Levees around Lake Ponchatrain strengthened to prevent storm surge flooding from future hurricanes
- Predictions and Preparations
- National Hurricane Center tracked it and warned of its approach
- Mayor issued a warning
- US Coastguard called up reserve members
- 1.2 million were ordered to evacuate
- Devastating damage predicited
- President declared emergency on 27th
- 80% evacuated, but a poorer 20% left behind
- 100,000 people left behind
- Some couldn't afford to leave or had nowhere else to go
- Some didn't think the hurricane would cause as much damage as it did
- Economic Impacts
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