CASE STUDY OF TROPICAL STORM IN MEDC
HURRICANE KATRINA, USA,2005
FACTFILE (P136-7) OCR
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TRACK OF HURRICANE
DATE
23 AUG
24 AUG
25 AUG
26 AUG
HURRICANE
PROGRESS
Tropical depression
Tropical storm named
Katrina
Now a hurricane, made
landfall Florida
Intensified in Gulf of
Mexico. Category 2
27 AUG
Doubled in size, now
category 3
28 AUG
Peak strength. Category
5, turns north
approaches US coast
29 AUG
Landfall 6.10 east New
Orleans
Downgraded to tropical
depression.
Remnants reach Great
Lakes.
3O AUG
31 AUG
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LOCATION
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MAX WINDSPEED
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STORM SURGE
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DEATHS
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DAMAGE/COSTS
WARNINGS/RESPONSES
IMPACT OF KATRINA ( P137 AND P141)
PRIMARY EFFECTS
SECONDARY EFFECTS
REPAIRING THE DAMAGE. NEW ORLEANS FLOOD DEFENCE PLAN
STUDY FIG 3.58 PAGE 143. PICK OUT 3 SCHEMES THAT YOU FEEL
WILL BE MOST USEFUL. DESCRIBE SCHEME AND EXPLAIN WHY.
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SCHEME 2_______________________________________________________
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SCHEME 3_______________________________________________________
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