Hurricane Ike Research Paper
Besides the numerous hurricanes that hit the U.S. coast in the past years, there are 3 well-known hurricanes to be the costliest ones in the history that impacted the economy so hard; it took years to rebuild the damaged areas.
Hurricane Ike is considered the third costliest hurricane in United States history. “It struck the Gulf Coast of the United States after causing significant damage in Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. United States damage was estimated at $29.5 billion and the storm killed at least 195 people along its path.” (www.geology.com)
The second costliest hurricane in the U.S. history is the famous Hurricane Sandy, also known as "Superstorm Sandy", which is believed to have caused $71.4 billion in damage and killed
286 people in 2012. “Much of that damage was caused when the storm hit the highly populated areas of New York and New Jersey. The storm surge that hit New York City flooded streets, subways, and tunnels and damaged utility service. Damage was caused in the United States, Bermuda and the Caribbean islands.” (www.geology.com)
Hurricane Katrina represents the number one hurricane that affected the U.S. economy, with an estimated damage of $108 billion dollars and approximately 2000 deaths. It happened in 2005, and it took place in the most active season on record of Atlantic’s hurricane season, with a record of 27 named tropical storms formed, of which a record of 15 became hurricanes (it was also the first year when the National Hurricane Center ran out of usual names for storms, and started naming them using the Greek alphabet).
Hurricane Katrina is considered the sixth strongest hurricane in the history that has even been recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. Its formation started over the Bahamas, on August 23rd 2005, and it crossed over Florida as a Category 1 hurricane before it got stronger over the Gulf of Mexico, and eventually hit Louisiana, where the damage was the largest.
Besides the economic impact and loss of so many lives, hurricane Katrina brought to attention the lack of “adequate disaster response by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, also known as FEMA” (Trujillo&Thurman), which led to a U.S. Senate investigation in 2006, followed by new recommendation in case of natural disaster as big as this hurricane.
During the same season (2005) when Katrina hit, hurricanes Rita and Wilma cause extensive damage, and affected numerous areas and communities.
Hurricane Ike is considered the third costliest hurricane in United States history. “It struck the Gulf Coast of the United States after causing significant damage in Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. United States damage was estimated at $29.5 billion and the storm killed at least 195 people along its path.” (www.geology.com)
The second costliest hurricane in the U.S. history is the famous Hurricane Sandy, also known as "Superstorm Sandy", which is believed to have caused $71.4 billion in damage and killed
286 people in 2012. “Much of that damage was caused when the storm hit the highly populated areas of New York and New Jersey. The storm surge that hit New York City flooded streets, subways, and tunnels and damaged utility service. Damage was caused in the United States, Bermuda and the Caribbean islands.” (www.geology.com)
Hurricane Katrina represents the number one hurricane that affected the U.S. economy, with an estimated damage of $108 billion dollars and approximately 2000 deaths. It happened in 2005, and it took place in the most active season on record of Atlantic’s hurricane season, with a record of 27 named tropical storms formed, of which a record of 15 became hurricanes (it was also the first year when the National Hurricane Center ran out of usual names for storms, and started naming them using the Greek alphabet).
Hurricane Katrina is considered the sixth strongest hurricane in the history that has even been recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. Its formation started over the Bahamas, on August 23rd 2005, and it crossed over Florida as a Category 1 hurricane before it got stronger over the Gulf of Mexico, and eventually hit Louisiana, where the damage was the largest.
Besides the economic impact and loss of so many lives, hurricane Katrina brought to attention the lack of “adequate disaster response by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, also known as FEMA” (Trujillo&Thurman), which led to a U.S. Senate investigation in 2006, followed by new recommendation in case of natural disaster as big as this hurricane.
During the same season (2005) when Katrina hit, hurricanes Rita and Wilma cause extensive damage, and affected numerous areas and communities.