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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exceeded 20 inches in multiple parishes causing catastrophic flooding that submerged over 100‚000 homes and businesses and killed 13 people. In portions of Baton Rouge and Lafayette accumulations peaked at 31.39 inches‚ which was more than during Hurricane Katrina and Isaac The National Weather Service rates it a 1-in-1000-year event! Governor John Edwards‚ called the disaster a “historic‚ unprecedented flooding event” and declared a state of emergency. Oh the wonderful‚ beautiful‚ loving‚ extremely
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events that occurred in their lifetime. There are several chances that one expects something pleasant to happen and it comes true. On the other side‚ an occasion doesn’t appear when somebody expects it. I can explain this with my personal account of Hurricane Sandy‚ an event that occurred on October 29‚ 2012 and ended on November 2‚ 2012. This affected the northeast portion of the United States. As a result of this event‚ I had lost power‚ had a tough time doing tasks‚ and took my education away. On the
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GEO 1000 Natural Disasters Hurricane Report Governor Bobby Jindal‚ INTRO In 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina had a large negative effect on the city of New Orleans and it’s surrounding areas. In this paper I will discuss the initial impact Hurricane Katrina had on the population and demographics of New Orleans‚ and deeply examine changes and progress from the day of the disaster to present day. IMPACT Hurricane Katrina reached land from the gulf of Mexico on August 29th‚ 2005‚ just 10 miles east from New Orleans
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On August 24‚ 1992 Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Florida as a Category 5 storm. But before Andrew became that major storm‚ it started off as a tropical way off the west coast of Africa on August 14‚ 1992. Andrew also had wind gust up to 168 miles per hour. According to the Huffington Post “The nationwide total death toll from Hurricane Andrew was 26‚ with another 40 people dying as an indirect result of the storm. In Florida‚ 15 died directly from the hurricane and another 29 died indirectly
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Hurricane Repair There have been many moments in my life that have made an impact on myself or others‚ but one that I will always remember is my People to People trip to Tulane University in New Orleans. This week allowed me to come out of my shell‚ grow as a person‚ and help hundreds of people who suffered after hurricane Katrina. Along with my growth as a person and help towards others‚ I had the opportunity to learn about the culture of New Orleans while touring the beautiful city. My trip to
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his first and only Jubati award. Though Drummond gained much success from A Morte de DJ em Paris‚ the romantic novel Hilda Hurricane became his biggest success‚ along with the easiest novel he had written for it only took in 64 days to finish it while it took him years to finish some other novels that he published‚ yet did not do as well. Despite popular belief‚ Hilda Hurricane was not a cliché romantic novel. There was much more to the novel than it appeared. There was history. The novel was written
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generated by Hurricane Sandy. Now‚ a recent study by researchers at the New York University Colleges of Nursing (NYUCN) and of Dentistry (NYUCD)‚ published in The Journal of Urban Health examines the impact on NYULMC nurses’ post-Sandy deployment to help address patient surge in eight local hospitals and health facilities that had not been as affected by the storm. The mixed method study‚ "Challenges of Nurses’ Deployment to Other New York City Hospitals in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy‚" is
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entered the Gulf of Mexico and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Celia later on August 1.[1] Due to warm sea surface temperatures‚[8] Celia rapidly intensified into a Category 3 hurricane on August 1.[1] Storm surge and swells lashed the west coast of Florida‚ especially the
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The time I helped someone through a Storm There are a plethora of storms that are common in the U.S but one in particular is a hurricane. Hurricanes are also called typhoons and tropical cyclones in other parts of the world but they are physically the same type off storm. In addition on strong winds that may injure people. Hurricanes can produce tornadoes‚ severe flooding and beach erosion. Not only is there a physically disastrous storm but mentally there can be a storm to. A mental storm is when
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