Hurricane Katrina

Question	Answer
Date	August 29th 2005
Magnitude	3/4 on Saffir Simpson
Storm Surge	9m
Wind speeds	190km/h
Direction	South Florida Mississipi Louisiana New Orleans
Deaths	1800
Homeless	800,000
Homes destroyed	240,000
Economic effect	$108billion Gulf oil production halted
Flooding	80% of New Orleans flooded
Social effects	Looting of properties that were evacuated
Good	Accurately predicted - 600,000 left
Bad	Levees overtopped Government criticised at slow response Shock at deaths and lack of planning/response
Future	Levees and other measures rebuilt
prediction	hurricane tracks predict movement airplanes, buoys, satellites show location
success	predicted 56 hours before landfall declared state emergency 2 days before
criticism	voluntary evacuation 2 days before mandatory evacuation only 1 day before

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	Created by rasan.anisha about 10 years ago