HURRICANE

KATRINA
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MR.SAM-TYLER
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. An estimated 1,833 people died
in the hurricane and the flooding that followed in late August 2005, and millions of others were left homeless along
the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans.
Katrina was the most destructive storm to strike the
United States and the costliest storm in U.S history,
causing $108 billion in damage. Katrina initially formed
about 200 miles (322 km) southeast of the Bahamas on Aug. 23,
2005, as a tropical depression, according to the NOAA. A well-
defined band of storm clouds began to wrap around the north
side of the storm's circulation center in the early morning hours
of Aug. 24. With winds of about 40 mph (65 kph), the storm
was named Tropical Storm Katrina.
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• The rescue and recovery efforts following Katrina became highly politicized, with federal, state
and local officials pointing fingers at one another. Critics blamed an aging and neglected
federal levee system and a slow state and local response following the disaster for the high loss
of life and damage. Many residents did not heed initial warnings to evacuate, putting a severe
strain on rescue operations.
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• The city of New Orleans has improved resident access to evacuation and alert information. For example,
they have an e-mail and text message system called NolaReady that 13,000 residents have signed up for.
• Ten years later, the region was still recovering from Katrina. The New Orleans metro area's population
had dropped dramatically, from 1.386 million in 2005 to 1.04 million in 2006. By 2014, it had climbed
back to 1.252 million, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The number of housing units and business
establishments had also fallen and by 2014 had not returned to pre-2005 levels.
• While many of the tourist areas such as the French Quarter have recovered, there are still neighborhoods
just a short ride from the city that are just gone. [Related Article: What If Hurricane
Katrina hit new Orleans today.
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