"A slow-moving Category three hurricane or larger will flood the city. There will be between 17 and 20 feet of standing water, and New Orleans as we now know it will no longer exist."
—Ivor van Heerden, October 29, 2004.
Hurricanes are natural disasters that cannot be prevented but can be prepared for. Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd, 2005. Over the last hundred years, hurricane Katrina is one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of United States of America. Hurricane Katrina has been one of the most devastating natural disasters to hit United States of America which cost around 125 billion dollars, and leaving approximately 1000 dead.
The National Weather service and the National Hurricane Center got the right predictions about …show more content…
There were many reasons for the anger on local and federal government. The local government did not take the precautionary actions related to Katrina. The canals built for protecting the city were not strong enough. As Katrina was category five hurricane these canals were not designed to handle hurricanes which are more powerful than category three.
Many people were evacuated from their home were not provided with proper temporary accommodation. Due to the lack of proper management and with all the confusion of Ex-President’s administration people from Louisiana were shifted to superdome of New Orleans. This rose to a problem in providing facilities by the government.
Due to the severe attack of Hurricane Katrina many things have changed in the places affected by Katrina. Thousands of homes were destroyed and the communities already started to rebuild their beautiful cities. Some people lost hope and moved to other cities but some people decided to rebuild what was destroyed by the mighty hurricane. Help is coming from all over United States and even from across the world. Many people moved to affected to volunteer. Few started raising charity funds to rebuild the destroyed
—Ivor van Heerden, October 29, 2004.
Hurricanes are natural disasters that cannot be prevented but can be prepared for. Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd, 2005. Over the last hundred years, hurricane Katrina is one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of United States of America. Hurricane Katrina has been one of the most devastating natural disasters to hit United States of America which cost around 125 billion dollars, and leaving approximately 1000 dead.
The National Weather service and the National Hurricane Center got the right predictions about …show more content…
There were many reasons for the anger on local and federal government. The local government did not take the precautionary actions related to Katrina. The canals built for protecting the city were not strong enough. As Katrina was category five hurricane these canals were not designed to handle hurricanes which are more powerful than category three.
Many people were evacuated from their home were not provided with proper temporary accommodation. Due to the lack of proper management and with all the confusion of Ex-President’s administration people from Louisiana were shifted to superdome of New Orleans. This rose to a problem in providing facilities by the government.
Due to the severe attack of Hurricane Katrina many things have changed in the places affected by Katrina. Thousands of homes were destroyed and the communities already started to rebuild their beautiful cities. Some people lost hope and moved to other cities but some people decided to rebuild what was destroyed by the mighty hurricane. Help is coming from all over United States and even from across the world. Many people moved to affected to volunteer. Few started raising charity funds to rebuild the destroyed