Hurricane Katrina

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• 24th August - 31st August 2005

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• Along the south coast of America but it badly effected New Orleans and Louisiana 

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• 12,000 people died 

1. Poverty

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   • New Orleans had a 20% poverty rate at the time  20% of people had no form of transport so couldn't evacuate
2. floodwater

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   • 80% of New Orleans was under flood water  the Levees kept the flood water inside New Orleans  an average house was under 6-9 ft of water 

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• the crime rate increased as 249 officers abandoned their posts during the flood looting, theft, murder and rape all increased 

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• those who didn't evacuate where encouraged to take refuge in the Superdome  10,000 people came at first but that number doubled people were stuck there for 3 days 

1. crime rate

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   • 6 dead bodies where found in the super dome 1 was classified as a homicde 

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• 25,000 people gathered at a convention centre for food, shelter and help

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• 500,000 rescues where made  ordinary people decided to help with the rescues and officers went door to door looking for survivors 18 million packaged meals where handed out 

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• Hurricane Katrina started as a category 1 storm but as it moved towards the south coast it quickly became a category 5 

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• the storm was mapped and its course was predicted so people were given opportunity to evacuate and prepare for its arrival