Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes are powerful and dangerous storms that involve great rain and win. When a tropical storm has a wind speed greater than 75 miles per hour‚ it is considered a hurricane. The United States of America has dealt with many hurricanes that have cost a substantial amount of damage. However there is one hurricane that occurred in 2005 that stands out among the others‚ Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive of the Atlantic Hurricanes during
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Hurricane Katrina: A Colossal Yet Preventable Disaster Abstract This paper examines the costliest natural disaster in United States history that is Hurricane Katrina. This paper explains how Hurricane Katrina classifies as a scientific‚ business‚ and engineering disaster. More importantly‚ this paper investigates the engineering component of Katrina and describes what could have been done within this field to prevent the majority of the economic damage done. Introduction A disaster is “a
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Hurricane Katrina: Destruction and Devastation Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane‚ as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States. The record of Atlantic hurricanes said it was the sixth strongest overall. Prior to Katrina‚ the most deadliest hurricane was the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. Hurricane Katrina was formed on August 23‚ 2005 over the Bahamas as a moderate Category 1 hurricane. The storm weakened before making its
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are affected by natural disasters. These may be caused by climate change such as drought‚ flood‚ and cyclone‚ the environment such as pollution‚ deforestation‚ desertification‚ pest infestation or combinations of these‚ or the destroy of ozone layer will contribute to the green house effect. People’s homes are wiped out and livelihoods are destroyed. Poverty‚ population pressures and environmental degradation mean that increasing numbers of people are vulnerable to natural disasters. In Australia
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Natural Disasters Natural disasters affect many people in the world. Over 31‚849‚838 number of people have died from natural disasters since 1900. A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard including tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ and earthquakes and more. Those natural disasters can lead to financial‚ environmental‚ and human losses. The ten deadliest natural disasters of the past century in order are the China Floods in 1931‚ the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976‚ the Bhola Cyclone in 1970‚ the Haiyuan
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A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g.‚ flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ heatwave‚ or landslide). It leads to financial‚ environmental or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the vulnerability of the affected population to resist the hazard‚ also called their resilience. if these disasters continues it would be a great danger for the earth.[1] This understanding is concentrated in the formulation: "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability
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A structure’s design and the materials used in its construction also affect the amount of damage the structure incurs. Earthquakes vary from small‚ imperceptible shaking to large shocks felt over thousands of kilometers. Earthquakes can deform the ground‚ make buildings and other structures collapse‚ and create tsunamis (large sea waves). Lives may be lost in the resulting destruction. In the last 500 years‚ several million people have been killed by earthquakes around the world‚ including over 240
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Hurricane Katrina-New Orleans Hurricane Katrina significantly affected a vast number of people‚ including those who were not actually present during the storm: National Guard members‚ medical workers‚ media crew‚ government officials‚ and volunteers. This is a storm that will forever be discussed in New Orleans history. First‚ some background. Formation of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean occurs every year during a certain time period‚ usually referred to as the Atlantic hurricane season
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Hurricane Katrina was a devastating disaster‚ which killed more than 1‚800 people‚ engendered the displacement of thousands of people‚ and occasioned severe damaged to properties (Russell‚ 2015). According to the same source‚ more than 80% of New Orleans was flooded during the event in 2005. The geomorphologic situation of the city (altitude -1m‚ location on the bank of the Mississippi River)‚ and the protection barriers failure are the main sources of its vulnerability. The reconstruction of many
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Paper Disaster Response A disaster brings violence‚ terror‚ and trauma‚ to all who experience its wrath and devastation. Destruction and suffering is the entertainment that disasters provide to its audience‚ through a campaign of psychological and physical damage. According to the fields of disaster psychiatry and disaster psychology‚ a disaster is a major ecological and psychosocial destruction that far exceeds the coping ability of a disaster area ( PTSD & Natural Disaster). There are two
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