Mississippi and Louisiana (particularly New Orleans)
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when did it happen?
august 2005
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what where the primary effects?
1800 people killed, 300000 houses destroyed, 80% of New Orleans was flooded, 3 million people left without electricity, bridges collapsed, costal habitats damaged
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what where the secondary effects?
hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless, 230000 jobs were lost from damaged businesses, water supplies were polluted with sewage and chemicals, the total cost of damage was $150 billion
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what where the immediate responses?
70-80% of New Orleans residents were evacuated before the hurricane reached land, Mississippi and Louisiana declared states of emergency setting up control centres, and stockpiled supplies, coastguard, police
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