AQA A Level Geography Hurricane Katrina case study
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29th August 2005
When was the hurricane?
Louisiana and Mississippi
Where in the USA did the hurricane affect?
Bahamas, 23rd August
Where did it form and when?
Category 3
What category was it?
North West
What direction did it travel?
1,836
How many people died?
200-250mm
How much rain fell in Louisiana?
8.5m
How high was the storm surge?
200km/h
How fast were the winds?
80%
How much of New Orleans was flooded?
18 destroyed, 74 damaged
How many schools were destroyed and how many were damaged?
100,000+
How many were made homeless?
300,000
How many homes were destroyed?
they were polluted killing 5 people
What happened to the water supplies and what effect did this have?
3 million
How many were without electricity?
coastal conservation areas
What was destroyed on the coast?
salt marshes
what was flooded?
sea turtle
What animal had its breeding beaches destroyed?
5,300km^2
How much forest was destroyed in Mississippi?
$5 billion
How much income was lost from forestry industry destruction?
oil refineries, caused oil spills
What did flooding damage and what did this cause?
gulf port of Mississippi
give an example of a part that was damaged
30 in the gulf of Mexico, oil price increased
How many oil platforms were destroyed, where, and what effect did this have?
230,000
How many jobs were lost from damaged businesses?
habitat loss
What effect did salt marsh flooding have?
l-10
What bridge was damaged?
organised teams and supplies e.g. mortuary teams
What did FEMA do?
search and rescue, medical teams and supplies
What were sent into the area?
positioned around likely affected areas
Where were the US coastguard?
mandatory evacuation
What was a response that the people were involved in?
emergency shelters
What was supplied for those who didn't evacuate?
sheltered 26,000
What did the Louisiana super dome do?
$4 billion
How much was given in charitable donations?
50,000
How many were rescued by the police, fire service and army?
HIC country with warning systems
Stage 1 of the Parks model
1,836 deaths, 300,000 homes destroyed, 3 million without electricity
Stage 2 of the Parks model
Coastguard, police, fire service and army rescued 50,000
Stage 3 of the Parks model
emergency shelters, $4 bn donations, search and rescue
Stage 4 of the Parks model
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Stage 5 of the Parks model
$300 billlion
How much did it cost?