The Economic Impact of Hurricane Katrina Sid van der Woude Natural Disasters EES:1400:A08 2/19/2015 Once the storm finally passed‚ the flood waters finally receded‚ and the levees were put into some sort of repair‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ through its path of destruction left New Orleans and the surrounding areas in one of the costliest states of disrepair ever seen from a natural disaster in U.S. history. From the damage to infrastructure‚ to the lost jobs‚ to the loss of life‚ Hurricane
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include: Geological phenomena Meteorological phenomena Oceanographic phenomena Hurricanes A hurricane is a tropical storm with winds which that reached a constant speed of 119km/hr. Hurricane winds blow in large spiral motions around a relatively calm centre known as “the eye”. As a hurricane nears land fall‚ it can bring torrential rain‚ high winds and storm surges along with heavy rains that brings about flooding and land slides. Caribbean Countries Impacted by Hurricanes: 1988 -2004
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and any other type of structure. More over‚ the victim’s shelter and properties also being damage because of the flood. Different types of flood causes different effects. The estuarine flood that commonly caused by a combination of sea tidal surges caused by storm-force winds can causes casualties. The other effects are the contamination of water at the water supplies. The drinking water becomes scarce. This will causes diseases in unhygienic condition that will spread water-borne diseases. For example
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environmental impact. Beach Erosion from storm surges devastated coastal areas. The US Geological Survey has estimated 217 square miles of land was transformed to water by Hurricane Katrina. The lands that were lost were breeding grounds for marine mammals‚ brown pelicans[->4]‚ turtles[->5]‚ and fish[->6]‚ as well as migratory species such as redhead ducks[->7]. Overall‚ about 20% of the local marshes[->8] were permanently overrun by water as a result of the storm. The damage from Katrina forced
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Coastal Protection at Tongatapu Island‚ Tonga: A Report on Initiatives Nuku ’alofa beach seawall (Wikimedia.org) Prepared for Sylila Monteiro and Antoinette Wessels‚ 27 May 2011 By: Tattenai Katoanga (ID:1374937); Mahlon Bonga (ID:1388118); Pim Slagman (ID:1385439) Contents 1.0Introduction 3 1.1 Terms of reference 3 1.2 Procedures 3 1.3 Background 3 3.0 Findings 4 3.1 General environmental threats 4 3.2 Situation in Nuku’alofa 4 3.3 Situations in other
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transportation‚ and have these responses been wise environmentally and economically? What do you do when mid-latitude cyclones get larger‚ strong frontal winds are more frequent‚ and waves and currents get stronger? How can we control high waves and storm surges that drive more sediment transport‚ permanently changing the coast? Coastal dunes‚ of all shapes and sizes‚ are are dense enough to prevent rapid and significant changes. The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 specifically calls for the creation
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Uttara‚ Dhaka 1230 Tel: 02 896 3523-27‚ 01716 583558‚ Fax: 02 892 2625 E-mail: rs_gism@yahoo.com Abstract: Bangladesh is one of the most natural disaster prone areas in the World. The different types of disasters like flood‚ cyclonic storms‚ tidal surges‚ droughts‚ tornadoes‚ riverbank erosion‚ earthquake‚ etc. occur frequently in Bangladesh. Identifying the vulnerable areas with reference to natural hazards causing damage to the housing stock and the related infrastructure are most important
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The Spokane ice storm occurred on November 19th‚ 1996 in Spokane Washington. Many people‚ I’m sure if they live near Spokane have experienced this. This storm was the worst storm in 60 years. The ice storm caused many damages to the city‚ like fallen trees‚ frozen power lines costing a lot of money. All these damages totaled $22 million in 1996 money‚ now costing $33 million dollars in 2013 money. It started when freezing rain started to drizzle with fog and cover all the roads‚ trees and power
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new orleans is a Louisiana city on the mississippi river‚ near the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans is a mix of the culture and history of French‚ African and American. Mardi Gras‚ the unique festival that adapts from French culture celebrating public and parades on the street that only happens in New Orleans and the culture and seafood that bring many visitors to the city. But New Orleans was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina‚ because of its proximity to the coast and low elevation the city was completely
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The disaster I chose is Hurricane Ike. September 13th near Galveston‚ Texas. Ike was a category 2 hurricane at landfall with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. Hurricane Ike produced a damaging‚ destructive and deadly storm surge across the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts‚ and ended up being the third costliest natural disaster in the United States behind Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Andrew. They had structured telephone interviews assessing immediate effects of Hurricane Ike (damage
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