Hurricane Katrina Flashcards
Category what hurricane
5
Started to form where and when
Atlantic ocean and late August
Moved across where to where
Bahamas to the Florida
Hit New Orleans on what date
29th August
When did Ray Nagin announce an evacuation
28th August
Hazards - High wind speeds of what
282km hour
Peak rainfall of
250mm over a 24 hour period
Height of storm surge
8.5m high
Percentage of city under water and pushed how far inland
80% and 19km
Flooding flooded what man-made defense
Levee system
Impacts - Deaths
1,836
How many people were still missing
135
Amount of homeless people
500,000
Why did people find it hard to leave
Lack of money
People left without electricity
3 million people
What happened to water supply
Drinking water was polluted with sewage
How many schools were destroyed and how many badly damaged
18 destroyed and 74 damaged - long term schooling problems
How many jobs lost
230,000
What were damaged in the Gulf of Mexico
Ports and oil platforms
Cost of damage
$108 billion
Health hazards
Sewage and dead bodies
Law and Order
Suffered looting and the US military brought in
How many houses destroyed
300,000
Distributed how many people across America
1 Million
100,000 temporary houses where
Houston, Texas
Storm debris was still apparent
A decade later
New Orleans was without sewage, electricity and gas for how long
6 months
