relieving New Orleans of a little pressure . Finally on August 31 Katrina died down but left serious distraction. Katrina was the most expensive and destructive storm to hit the United States. Once the hurricane finally dissipated The coast guards went to work. They rescued over 34,000 people just in New Orleans. Although over 1,800 people lost there life. There were 2 deaths in Alabama, 14 in Florida, 2 in Georgia, 1,577 in Louisiana and 238 in Mississippi. Out of all of these deaths most of them were older people. 71 percent of deaths were 60 years old or older and half of those were over 75 years old. 770,000 people who lived in New Orleans were displaced as well as animals. This hurricane killed over 600,000 animals if not killed misplaced
