Hurricanes are usually caused engineering communications` destructions, houses destructions flooding and a lot of deaths. The most deadly hurricane for the entire history of the United States was the hurricane Katrina that destroyed everything that was on its way. The importance of this hurricane, the way of how it was created, and what government did to help people before and after the hurricane is written below.
Last few classes we watched 4 parts of film about Katrina hurricane. According to Kim Ann Zimmermann, Live Science Contributor 2015, the dimensions of Katrina hurricane were about sixth overall Atlantic hurricanes. Katrina originally formed about 200 miles SE of the Bahamas on 08/23/2005, as a tropical storm. In the early morning …show more content…
The storm dropped two categories up to a category 3 before it made landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border on August 29 with continuous winds at speed 120 mph. A wind that blew that speed had a lot of destructive power that caused flipping over everything that stays on its way and flooding. According to Whitten 2015, on 08/29/2005, hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and water flooded New Orleans. City was devastated right after levees that were keep the storm failed, and approximately 80 percent of area in New Orleans was under water.
Plyer 2016, states that hurricane Katrina and the flooding caused in a lot of deaths. The main reasons of deaths were: “drowning (40%), injury and trauma (25%), and heart conditions (11%). Nearly half of all victims were over the age of 74”.
According to BBC 2016, the amount of people that were killed in that storm by states was: Georgia – 2, Louisiana - 1,577, Mississippi – 238, Total - 1,833. The main part of federal aid, about $75 billion of $120.5 billion, was spent for emergency relief
Last few classes we watched 4 parts of film about Katrina hurricane. According to Kim Ann Zimmermann, Live Science Contributor 2015, the dimensions of Katrina hurricane were about sixth overall Atlantic hurricanes. Katrina originally formed about 200 miles SE of the Bahamas on 08/23/2005, as a tropical storm. In the early morning …show more content…
The storm dropped two categories up to a category 3 before it made landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border on August 29 with continuous winds at speed 120 mph. A wind that blew that speed had a lot of destructive power that caused flipping over everything that stays on its way and flooding. According to Whitten 2015, on 08/29/2005, hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and water flooded New Orleans. City was devastated right after levees that were keep the storm failed, and approximately 80 percent of area in New Orleans was under water.
Plyer 2016, states that hurricane Katrina and the flooding caused in a lot of deaths. The main reasons of deaths were: “drowning (40%), injury and trauma (25%), and heart conditions (11%). Nearly half of all victims were over the age of 74”.
According to BBC 2016, the amount of people that were killed in that storm by states was: Georgia – 2, Louisiana - 1,577, Mississippi – 238, Total - 1,833. The main part of federal aid, about $75 billion of $120.5 billion, was spent for emergency relief