Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans 2005

Question 1

What does this link to?

Answer 1

Climatic hazard MEDC

Question 2

What are the causes?

Answer 2

• Ocean over 27*C
• Water deeper than 60m
• More than 5* N or S of the equator to get right amount of Coriolis force for it to spin

Question 3

What were the effects?

Answer 3

Primary:
- 1,836 deaths, many floating in the streets and contaminating water

Secondary:

• Over 10,000 made homeless, mostly poorer people
• Estimated $25 billion cost

Question 4

Management?

Answer 4

Prevention for future:

• Levees replaced, stronger and taller
• Barrier built at the “V” to prevent storm surges

Short term emergency aid:

• FEMA providing housing assistance to 700,000 and hotel fees for 12,000
• Congress gave $62.3 billion in aid