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When has Hurricane Katrina? |
August 25-29 2005 |
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Where did it originate? |
The Bahamas |
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Characteristics? |
145mph 200-350mm of rainfall |
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Social impacts? |
over 1800 deaths 5 mill without power for up to 2 months Looting and riots occurred |
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Economic impacts? |
Structural damage $80 billion in damage 30 oil platforms damaged and 9 refineries closer |
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Political impacts? |
Government criticised for slow response |
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Environmental impacts? |
Levees only made to withstand a category 3 hurricane |
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Prediction? |
The National Hurricane Centre in Miami monitored the development of the storm and issued warnings to areas where landfall was predicted |
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Protection and Preparation? |
State of emergency declared on 27th providing two days of advanced warning New Orleans evacuated on 28th Levees designed for level 3, this was level 4 |
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What led to a high death toll?
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It was a natural disaster- very powerful Residence poverty Government negligence Flood engineering failure Human activity n mississippi delta |
