Hurricane Katrina August 2005

Hurricane Katrina Word Webs In your notes draw the two word webs below. You will complete the word webs as we talk about Katrina. Human Impact

Hurricane Katrina One of the five deadliest hurricanes in history Affected the Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and most of Eastern North America 43 tornadoes came from Katrina – Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi

Katrina Time Line August 24, 2005 – storm begins to form August 28, becomes a category five; mandatory evacuation is announced; warning the levees might break; people are warned of the danger, but don’t evacuate; FEMA and National Guard start to supply the Superdome

August 29, 2005 levees start to break (massive flooding results); media starts to report ; road and communication damage make it difficult to find new information and send supplies

August 30, % of New Orleans is under water; Superdome is surrounded by water

September 2005 Evacuation of New Orleans becomes mandatory; Bush visits and send billions of dollars in aid, including active duty troops, search for survivors continues; people starting returning by the end of the month

2005 October – 9 th Ward residents still not allowed to return November – some public schools re-open December – residents of the 9 th Ward are allowed to return By December of 2006, less than one half of New Orleans population has returned

Facts and Estimates Facts are still controversial and changing – Hit the Gulf Coast: Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida – 1,273 deaths, 564 missing people, 93 bodies remain unclaimed or unidentified – 750,000 people were forced to evacuate, 1 million people were displaced – 444,000 people in New Orleans before Katrina 191, 000 people in New Orleans a year later – billion dollars in damage – 80% of New Orleans was under water on Aug 31, 2005 – 35 miles of debris left in New Orleans (10 superdomes)

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