Cause Of Hurricane Katrina

August 29, 2005, a hurricane hit land in Louisiana. The next 6 days would be billions of dollars in damages to one of the worst hurricanes in history, Hurricane Katrina. Hurricanes are one of most powerful disasters created by nature. Hurricanes have been recorded of hitting the Gulf Coast since settlers came to the coast. These forces of nature have caused large amounts of destruction and loss of people due to the power each hurricane has.
Hurricanes are remarkably powerful events that can demolish cities. One percent of the hurricanes power could supply the U.S. for an entire year. The energy released by a hurricane in one day is equivalent to the power of four hundred twenty megaton hydrogen bombs (“Hurricane”). Hurricanes that hit highly populated areas tend to be more destructive and kill more people. The death toll of each hurricane has gone done since warnings
People tend to think that the high winds of the hurricane are the main factor of the damage caused by the hurricane. The main factor of the damage caused is the floodwaters, high rainfall, and storm surge that the hurricane creates. This destroys homes and businesses because if enough rain collects to have multiple feet of water on the land, then the buildings get flooded and have to be repaired. The flooding also results in 90 percent of the deaths caused by hurricanes.
Storm surges are walls of water created by the hurricane when the eye of a hurricane(center) hit land. Storm surges do the most damage to coastal areas since coastal areas are the first areas to be hit by a hurricane. It can destroy most buildings that it is headed towards and causes floods and the loss of lives. The storm surge is powerful because the water is being pressurized into buildings and the water tends to destroy the buildings. A storm surge can range from 3 feet to 16 feet depending on the category of the hurricane that caused the storm