New Orleans Inundation from Hurricane Katrina

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New Orleans Inundation from Hurricane Katrina Sruthi Kakuturu University of Texas at Austin

Hurricane Katrina DEADLIEST since 1928 COSTLIEST on record 12,000 deaths COSTLIEST on record $17 billion for New Orleans alone August 23-30, 2005

Current DEM Lake Pontchartrain Mississippi River New Orleans

DEM-based analysis

Volume Calculations

Assumption

Expected Results

Future Work and Conclusions More temporal analysis Time is took to drain the city Flood dewatering efforts Timeline and detailed analysis

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