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Hurricane Katrina
- An extreme weather event; causes, effects on
different groups of people and responses to the
hazard
- Effects on People
- people sought refuge in
the Superdome stadium
- Conditions were unhygienic, and there was a
shortage of food and water.
- 1 million people were made
homeless.
- about 1200 people drowned in the floods.
- oil facilities were damaged as a a result
petrol prices rose in the UK and USA
- 1,500 deaths in the states of
Louisiana, Mississippi and
Florida
- Costs of about $300 billion
- Thousands of jobs lost and
millions and millions of dollars in
lost tax incomes
- Agricultural production was
damaged by flooding. cotton and
sugar-cane crops were flattened
- people sought refuge in
the Superdome stadium
- Responses
- There was much criticism of
the authorities for their
handling of the disaster.
- Although many people
were evacuated, it was a
slow process and the
poorest and most
vulnerable were left behind
- $50 billion in aid was given by the
government
- The UK government sent food aid during
the early stages of the recovery process
- The National Guard was mobilised to restore and
maintain law and order in what became a hostile
and unsafe living environment
- There was much criticism of
the authorities for their
handling of the disaster.
- Effects on People
- How Hurricanes Form.
- Hurricanes need a lot of heat and a sea
surface temperature (at least 26 degrees) to
form.
- Explaining why they usually occur over tropical seas.
- Explaining why they usually occur over tropical seas.
- They also need to be between 5 and 20
degrees north or south of the equator.
- Hurricanes need a lot of heat and a sea
surface temperature (at least 26 degrees) to
form.
- Formation of a Hurricane
- 1. warm air rises
quickly, causing
towering clouds,
heavy rainfall and
intense low pressure
- 2. the low pressure sucks in
air, causing very strong winds
which spiral - anti-clockwise
in the northern hemisphere -
around the centre of the low,
at speeds of around 120km/h
(75mph)
- 3. the cloud brings
heavy rain, thunder
and lightening.
- 4. in the centre is the
eye of the
hurricane
- 5. often there will be no cloud
in the eye and much calmer
conditions.
- 6. the eye is formed because this is
the only part of the hurricane where
air is sinking.
- 1. warm air rises
quickly, causing
towering clouds,
heavy rainfall and
intense low pressure
- Facts
- Katrina was a catagory 4 storm
- storm surges reached over 6
metres in height
- New Orleans was one of the worst affected areas
because it is below sea level and protected levees. the
defences were unable to cope with the strength of
Katrina
- Despite an evacuation order, many of the
poorest people remained in the city
- Katrina was a catagory 4 storm
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