Katrina
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Katrina’s eye was 46.3 kilometres in diameter
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Barometric pressure of 902 hpa
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Wind speeds of over 280 kp/h
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Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas
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The ocean was 27 degrees prior to the hurricane forming
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Hurricane Katrina cost 4.25 billion US dollars
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Katrina hit the Gulf Coast Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida were the worst hit.
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80% of Louisiana was flooded
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1836 people died
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Formed August 23 2005
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Lake Ponchartrain and the Mississippi river border New Orleans.
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Much of Louisiana lies below sea-level and below the levels of Lake Ponchartrian and
Mississippi river.
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1.2 Million residents of the Gulf Coast were covered under a mandatory or voluntary
evacuation order
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57 emergency shelters were established in coastal communities, with 31 additional
shelters available to open if needed
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80% of the 1.3 million residents evacuated
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8.5 metre storm surges
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10 A.M august 28th Katrina was upgraded to a category 5
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Louisiana Superdome provided shelter for over 26,000 people and provided food
and water for several days as the storm struck
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August 29th Katrina storm surge caused 53 different Levee breaches submerging
eighty percent of New Orleans
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Three million people left without electricity
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Rainfall of around 200-250 mm
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The Airport was closed therefore people could not evacuate
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62.3 billion in aid was given for the victims
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58,000 of the national guard were activated to deal with the storms aftermath
troops came from all 50 states
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One Murder and one suicide occurred at the Superdome
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Dead bodies were seen floating around the streets of New Orleans
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Housing assistance was provided for more than 700,000 applicants
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100,000 people live in FEMA provided trailors
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Kuwait donated $500 million, Qatar and The U.A.E each gave 100 million
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Other nations to give aid were South Korea (30 million), Australia (10 million), India,
China (5 million), NZ (2 million), Pakistan (1.5 million), and Bangladesh (1 million).
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The storm surge also completely obliterated the Chandeleur Islands.
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An area of 560 km2 was completely transformed into water by Katrina
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As part of the clean-up effort the flooded land was pumped into lake Pontchartrian.
This water contained contaminants such as raw sewage and has sparked scientific
concern for the community
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Only 40% of New Orleans residents returned to the city
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Amount collected by The American Red Cross’ hurricane relief fund: $2.1 billion
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August is in the middle of the Hurricane season for the Northern Hemisphere
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Friday, August 26th at 10 am Katrina had strengthened to a category 3 hurricane in
the Gulf of Mexico.
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The predicted track was revised and the NHC issued a hurricane watch for south
eastern Louisiana which area includes New Orleans at 10 am Saturday 27 th.
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Many residents fled the New Orleans area which led to mass congestion on the
roads leading out of New Orleans it also led to an oil crisis as many people tried to fill
up.
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Many of the rich were able to evacuate while the poorer largely black community
were not able to evacuate.
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The Levee’s were breached in over 50 different places.
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Looters took what they could from stores.
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The relocated evacuee’s caused massive crime spikes in neighbouring states who took them
in. Murders, robberies etc all increased with the influx of people from New Orleans.