New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Essay

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In New Orleans Hurricane Katrina hits, from August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005. This starts near the gulf coast of the United States and went to New Orleans. Information states that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin told everyone to evacuate to the Super Bowl Dome for safety. Many people survived but their homes did not. But, this is just New Orleans there were other places that Hurricane Katrina hit. Sadly we won’t be focused on those places.

Hurricane Katrina started as all the other hurricane but was one of the deadliest. She was a category 5 hurricane. How could a first small storm at the start turn into a major and deadly hurricane? What if the small storm started to get stronger and the area that it was passing by was a place where hurricanes
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The number of people that were killed is unknown, for now. We will soon have the informations so continue to read this newspaper. Back to the story homes and businesses were destroyed, but most people are doing well and are recovering very well. This concludes the story on Hurricane Katrina.

In New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina hits, from August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005. This starts near the gulf coast of the United States and went to New Orleans. Information states that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin told everyone to evacuate to the Super Bowl Dome for safety. Many people survived, but their homes did not. But, this is just New Orleans there were other places that Hurricane Katrina hit. Sadly we won’t be focused on those places.

Hurricane Katrina started as all the other hurricane, but was one of the deadliest. She was a category 5 hurricane. How could a first small storm at the start turn into a major and deadly hurricane? What if the small storm started to get stronger and the area that it was passing by was a place where hurricanes are often. This storm started near the Gulf Coast of the U.S. It was is said that it ended near or in New

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