On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. With winds as high as 175 mph and over 1,800 deaths in just Lousiana alone, the category 5 hurricane is considered to be one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the...
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Hurricane Katrina has changed the lives of many, especially in the community of New Orleans, Louisiana. The migration of the residents of New Orleans has changed the city in multiple ways that have affected the community for the better and for the worse. The story...
The documentary Trouble the Water is the story of Kimberly Rivers Roberts and her husband, Ninth Ward citizens of New Orleans, as they survive Hurricane Katrina. The movie opens with footage taken by Kim before the storm actually hits. In it, she goes around asking...
The impact of the failure of the New Orleans Levee System after Hurricane Katrina took place was significant and long-lasting. Hurricane Katrina was quick to become the most expensive disaster in United States history and one of the worst. It impacted areas from southeast Louisiana...
On August 25th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina had devastated communities on the gulf coast of the United States. Katrina hit New Orleans the hardest and left neighborhood streets underwater. Katrina is also one of the costliest tropical storms to have descended upon the united states with...
The tragedy of Katrina in 2005 had a large impact, but has anyone taken the time to think about how the government could have contributed to the mass destruction? Peeling back the layers, its evident the government played a large roll in Hurricane Katrina and...
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most tragic natural disasters in American history. In this regard, it is important to emphasize the fact that the actions of people involved in disaster prevention and management and other social groups are quite different. Indeed, Hurricane Katrina has...
The tornado flood from Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on August 29, 2005, caused deplorable fiendishness along the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Levees isolating Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans were broken, over the long haul flooding around 80% of the city Hurricane Katrina...
At the time of Hurricane Katrina, the ARC launched a disaster response program in an attempt to save lives. The response and the income spend in the project turned out to be the largest in history. The devastating Hurricane Katrina extended to the gulf shores...
Hurricane Katrina is one of only a handful of catastrophic events that will never be overlooked. The result impacts of this storm were very damaging, and most people were still in shock months to years later. This event is close to being as tragic as...
“Controlling Disasters: Recognizing Latent Goals After Hurricane Katrina” by Lee M. Miller, focuses on the impact Hurricane Katrina which had occurred in late August of 2005. Which had put tons of thousands of people in troubles one could not imagine. It also put different processes...
A hurricane is a violent wind storm that threatens shorelines (Pacific and Atlantic oceans) with flooding, excessive rainfall, and vicious gusts of wind. A hurricane can be very deadly, so it is very important to know about the storm and its properties. As you read...
Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi, New Orleans, Eastern United States and Eastern Canada
Development
The tropical depression that became Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, approximately 350 miles (560 km) east of Miami. Early in the morning on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. Katrina had become one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record.
Aftermath
While the storm itself did a great deal of damage, its aftermath was catastrophic. The economic effects of the storm reached high levels. The Bush Administration sought $105 billion for repairs and reconstruction in the region. The emergency response from federal, state, and local governments was widely criticized. Katrina caused more than $125 billion in damage.
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