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Hurricane Katrina (Solutions (Mobilization of military vehicles to help…
Hurricane Katrina
Solutions
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Moving economic sectors inland, near the city
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Background
Struck the Gulf Coast of United States on August 29,2005
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Impacts
Economic
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Destroyed 30 oil platforms and caused the closure of 9 refineries. Total shut-in oil production from the Gulf of Mexico in the six-month period following Katrina was 24% of the annual production and the shut-in gas production was about 18%
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Social
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More than 800,000 housing units were destroyed and people were displaced.
Characteristics
Initially formed 322km southeast of Bahamas as a tropical depression. Traveled towards Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane. Past over Florida and stalled beneath a very large upper-level anticyclone and rapidly gained strength. Was reclassified to a Catergory 5 storm and turned towards Louisana
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