case study 7
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- Created on: 21-04-16 18:02
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HURRICANE KATRINA
hurricane - extreme low pressue climatic hazard that forms where sea temps are over 26.C
- deadliest and most destructive atlantic hurricane of 2005
- atleast 1,836 people died
- total property damage = $81 billion
- arriving in late august 2005
- winds up to 127 mph
- caused widespread flooding
- tracked over the Gulf of Mexico and hit New Orleans
- winds produced a storm surge over the ocean - led to flooding in coastal areas
- storm surge and huge waves - generated by the wind, pushed up water levels around the city
- levees…
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