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Hurricane Katrina (Social impacts - high winds, storm surges and flooding,…

- - - - direction of movement
        
        moved North Westerly
      - moved over warm water of Gulf of Mexico
      - Category 3 hurricane when hit Louisiana and Mississippi - 29th August.
  - - - 200 km/h winds
      - 200-250 mm rainfall
    - - 8.5m storm surge
- - - - disrupting oil industry
    - - affected shipping industry
- - - - Examples
        
        US Coast Guard orderd helicopters & boats to be around vulnerable areas
        
        FEMA organised teams and supplies
        
        Mortuary teams with refrigerated trucks to deal with bodies
        
        New orleans and other areas orderd mandatory evac b/f hurricane reached land
  - - - e.g. Louisianana Superdome in New Orleans sheltered 26,000 people during hurricane