Planning and Preparing for Cyclones -USA (Hurricane Katrina)
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- Created on: 25-01-22 14:23
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- USA Planning and Preparing
- Forecasting, Warning and satellite technology
- The USA has over 20 satellites
- Weather forecasts are issued frequently on TV and radio
- Almost everyone has accesses to media and mobile phones
- Some satellites are failing and failed to properly track Hurricane Sandy in 2012
- Risk and Evacuation
- In Florida, towns and cities have classified risk zones for high winds and storm surges
- Only people who need to leave are evacuated
- This helps to not overwhelm emergency services
- Storm surges and defenses -Hurricane Katrina
- 2005 and worst hurricane in US history
- 1833 people died
- Artificially built river levees collapsed, flooding 80%of New Orleans with a 4m high storm surge
- The levees had been poorly maintained
- 80% of the population of New Orleans was evacuated
- The poor and elderly were left behind
- Forecasting, Warning and satellite technology
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