The effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans was extremely severe, resulting from one of the most deadly natural disasters in U.S. history. By August 30th, 2005, one day after the Category 4 storm made landfall, about 80 percent of the city of New Orleans, was flooded with some parts of the city under 20 feet of water. The flood was caused by several levees breaches, which most people didn’t believe it could breach, due to a combination of a powerful storm surge, strong winds and excess water in the bodies of water surrounding the city. After reading the author’s response, her curiosity was based on her belief that the delayed response time was due to racism. She first noticed when watching the T.V.
A lot of houses, buildings, cars and other vehicles will be ruined and people can be killed. When a hurricane is done, it rains very hard. Some hurricanes may cause floods or landslides depending on how much water falls. Hurricane Sandy has been one of the most recent hurricanes that have hit the US in the past 15 years. Hurricane Sandy destroyed millions of homes, brought a bunch of sand onto the roads, and killed 209 people.
Why was the Haitian earthquake so deadly? On January 12th 2010 at 16:53 local time (21:53 GMT) an earthquake hit the Caribbean island of Haiti. It was a colossal 7.0 on the Richter scale and lasted around 35 seconds, but inflicted a cataclysm which would take years to correct. It struck south of the capital Port-au-Prince destroying the presidential palace, UN HQ, as well as houses, schools and public buildings. The epicentre was a town named Leogane; about 19km (12 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, thousands were left homeless and up to 80-90% of buildings in Leogane were destroyed.
On 9 September, the system was declared the 12th tropical depression of the 1988 season while it was located 644 km (400 mi) east of Barbados. Reconnaissance aircraft flew into the depression later that day, and it was upgraded to tropical storm status just before crossing the island of Martinique and entering the Caribbean Sea. Late on 10 September, aircraft reconnaissance reported the storm had intensified into a hurricane. On 12 September, Hurricane Gilbert made a direct landfall on Jamaica as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 201 km/h (125 mph) and gusts of up to 241 km/ (150 mph). This was the first time the island had received a direct hit from a hurricane in 37 years.
New Orleans, Louisiana was the most damaged city after the hurricane. “New Orleans suffered from a large number of casualties, a lack of drinkable water, severe property damage, electrical outages and many more
Hurricanes in Florida Hurricanes are one of the biggest threats to Floridians throughout the months of June to November every year. Perhaps they are the most devastating natural disaster affecting the Earth today. They are capable of completely demolishing vast areas, causing trauma in neighborhoods and towns, and even killing people and animals. They also cause damage to the environment and the economy. These tremendous storms bring great harm to buildings and property, therefore costing millions of dollars, and hurting the Florida economy.
* Name of film: Inside the Megastorm (Hurricane Sandy) * Date viewed: April 24, 2013 * Your name: Mohamad Syahir Sabar * Today’s date: April 29, 2013 PBS Nova has come out with 54mins documentary following the Hurricane Sandy that has struck the East Coast of the United States. The Hurricane Sandy mainly attacked the New Jersey, New York and Long Beach. The chronology of this natural disaster started from the October 22nd until October 30th when it finally hit the East Coast area. As the early expectation begins, Sandy started as a typical Tropical Storm in the middle of Caribbean. Like the normal storm, it was formed from the warm water in the Caribbean.
Hurricane Katrina was caused because of a tropical depression with low pressure (Emmanuel). When Katrina occurred, wind shear in the gulf was low with high temperatures, which caused the rapid strengthening. Hurricane Katrina started off the coast of Africa, where warm waters in retrospect caused Katrina. Before hurricane Katrina occurred this type of storm was already predicted to hit the gulf coast and virtually destroy it (Standring). Ivor van Heerden a hurricane expert predicted Katrina and tried to warn government officials since 2001, that a storm of this magnitude would ultimately destroy the gulf coastline
Even though New Orleans was once devastated, major developments to the failed system of levees have been made. When Hurricane Katrina dealt New Orleans a punishing blow with its ferocity, the lives of the people living there permanently changed. The inhabitants which was composed of men, women, children and elderly citizens many of which were 85 years of age or older desperately clung to life and the need to survive. ("The Case of Hurricane Katrina", n.d.). As Katrina lashed the coast of New Orleans, the gusts of wind increased and the waves began to erode the only sense of security this, below sea level, city ever had against the many miles of water systems surrounding it.
The infrastructure was badly damaged with 90% of the buildings damaged. (Self-made houses constructed from anything that was available were not built to withstand such earthquakes). The capital was like a sea of rubble. A fishing town was hit by a localized tsunami shortly after the earthquake. Haiti in 2012 Half a million Haitians are still homeless and are living under tarps and tents.