Tropical revolving storm-Hurricane katrina
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- Created on: 04-11-13 10:13
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- Tropical revolving storm-Hurricane katrina august 23-30, 2005
- Short term effects
- wind speeds rising from 74-130 mph winds developing from a 3 to a 5 cetegory hurricane
- total death toll was 1836
- 12 ft waves
- Long Term effects
- $81 billion in property damage
- Power failure
- roof of the sheltered super dome began to break away
- 14-17 ft storm surge
- Responses
- shelters and mobile feeding units were set up
- 2.5 million litres of water supplied
- 6.00 pm cerfew put in place
- help from FEMA (federal emergancy management agency)
- general
- poverty rate of more than 23%
- area protected by levees and flood walls
- 100,000 citezns have no form of personal transportation
- 20% of entire city do not own cars
- causes
- hurricane caused by warm waters of 27 degrees
- most of new orealns lies below sea level
- The surrounding waters of the gulf of mexico,lake pontchartrain and the mississippi river all caused the hurricane to increase and maintain its size
- Short term effects
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