Hurricane Katrina
Index Where did it happen? When did it happen? Why did it happen? Who was affected by it happening? What happened?
Where did it happen? (Path)
When did it happen? On the 23th of August 2005 the Hurricane started to form southeast the Bahamas On the 25th of August the Hurricane reached Florida On the 28th of August Katrina reached its top Windspeed with 280 km/h. On the 29th of August Katrina reached Louisiana
Why did it happen? Southeast the Bahamas was formed the twelevth Storm of the season and got bigger under certain conditions. The tropical storm continued to move towards Florida and became a hurricane
Who was affected by it happening? Economic Environmental Political Social
Who was affected by it happening? Economic: First Thought: $105 billion would reconstruct everything Thousands of people were left unemployed No taxes for the government
Who was affected by it happening? Environmental: Significant amounts of industrial waste spilled directly into New Orleans neighborhoods A lot Oil spills
Who was affected by it happening? Social: Lots of lives were lost Thousand of people got homeless and jobless
Who was affected by it happening? Political It was a mismanagemant Discussion about the United States government´s role in the preparations for the storm
What happened? Predictions said that Katrina is going to be a Hurricane Warnings got out 31,5 hours bevore the Hurricane hit the land Deaths In 2006 still persons were missing It was the most expensive Hurricane for the U.S.A.