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Hurricane Katrina - storm case study
Overview
New Orleans, USA - HIC but low income area
25% of households had access to a car, so couldn't evacuate.
23rd August 2005
10 metre high storm surge
25% of residents were poor
Category 5 atlantic hurricane when it hit Louisiana and Mississippi.
Key impacts
80% of the city was flooded
Around 2,000 people killed
$200 billion in damage
Nearly everyone left unemployed
Diseases such as cholera spread
Over 300,000 houses destroyed
Repsonse
Highly criticised for being too slow and ineffective.
People were left for 5 days with no food or water in the Louisiana superdome.
The national guard were ordered to treat looters ruthlessly
Over 70 countries pledged monetary donations or other forms of assistance.
Hurricane warning was issued 3 days before the storm made landfall.
Mitigation measures
Few mitigation measures
The public were told to evacuate too late
Unreliable flood defences
Key issues
The flood levees system was not up to modern standards so bursted.
50% of land was below sea level
25% of households didn’t have a car so couldn’t evacuate
Storm strengthened by the warm water of the gulf of Mexico.
Though many ppl were evacuated, most of the poorest and most vulnerable were left behind.
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