AQA A Level Geography Hurricane Katrina case study

Bahamas, 23rd August

Where did it form and when?

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?

100,000+

How many were made homeless?

300,000

How many homes were destroyed?

coastal conservation areas

What was destroyed on the coast?

5,300km^2

How much forest was destroyed in Mississippi?

$5 billion

How much income was lost from forestry industry destruction?

30 in the gulf of Mexico, oil price increased

How many oil platforms were destroyed, where, and what effect did this have?

habitat loss

What effect did salt marsh flooding have?

organised teams and supplies e.g. mortuary teams

What did FEMA do?

50,000

How many were rescued by the police, fire service and army?

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Stage 5 of the Parks model

Category 3

What category was it?

200km/h

How fast were the winds?

80%

How much of New Orleans was flooded?

they were polluted killing 5 people

What happened to the water supplies and what effect did this have?

search and rescue, medical teams and supplies

What were sent into the area?

positioned around likely affected areas

Where were the US coastguard?

$4 billion

How much was given in charitable donations?

29th August 2005

When was the hurricane?

Louisiana and Mississippi

Where in the USA did the hurricane affect?

18 destroyed, 74 damaged

How many schools were destroyed and how many were damaged?

3 million

How many were without electricity?

salt marshes

what was flooded?

sea turtle

What animal had its breeding beaches destroyed?

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

230,000

How many jobs were lost from damaged businesses?

l-10

What bridge was damaged?

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?

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

$300 billlion

How much did it cost?

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