Hurrican Katrina Flashcards
Category
5
Wind speeds
200km-300km/h
Areas affected
New Orleans, Alabama and Mississippi
How many feet of water
Up to 20m
Effects of storm
Broke levees
Oil spills into Gulf of Mexico
Poorest left behind whilst others evacuated
How long did it take to put water away
3 motnsh
How much aid
$50 billion given by the government
What was done to restore law and order
Brought in the National guard
How many homeless
500,000
Death toll
1800
Cost of damage
$170 billion
Vulnerability
Lies on the gulf coast
Flood controls sank soils, so city was below sea level
Levees we’re not constructed to modern standards
Main impacts
1 million became refugees
80% of city deluged by flood water
110,000 houses in the city of New Orleans were flooded, 55,00 of them beyond repair
233,000km2 declared a disaster zone
1,200 deaths
Financial cost $200 billion
Responses
us senate passed a bill donatinf 10 billion in aid
Public donated 1.8 billion to the American Red Cross
