“South Carolina Braces As Threat Of New flooding looms” This paper is on the South Carolina Flood which caused many problems, residents had to leave their homes, the flood left 17 dead, 2 of which were from North Carolina. The flood wiped out many homes and the majority of the roads leading out of South Carolina. Andy Shaine quotes “At the moment we have 411 roads closed in South Carolina, 129 have been washed out,”. All of this destruction was caused from a broken dam, which workers are working around the clock to fix. It is reported that flood waters have not receded yet and the worse could still be ahead. Divers are currently looking for two men who were in a pickup truck driving on a barricade that got washed away by the flood. There
“There are natural hazards, but disasters are the result of human actions that put people and property in harm’s way” (Cigler 2007: 64). Throughout history New Orleans has been continuously altered by the presence of humans through the creation of levees and canals, the introduction of artificial irrigation systems, and through human induced processes that have ultimately accelerated the process of land degradation and erosion. While a natural hazard struck New Orleans in 2005, the disaster portion resulting from Hurricane Katrina was a result of human induced interactions throughout the history of New Orleans.
The Johnstown flood of 1889 is often remembered as the worst disaster that was caused by dam failure in America’s history. Over 2000 lives were lost, and about 17 million dollars in property damage was done to the town of Johnstown. Many of the leading industrialists of the 19th century were members of the club that owned the South Fork dam in 1889, drawing in nationwide attention. The relief effort was one of the first huge non-wartime disasters for the American Red Cross. Once again in the years 1936 and 1977 similar flooding would occur, ravaging the town of Johnstown, wreaking havoc on the lives of civilians.
A flood can be defined in many depths but is simply water where it isn’t wanted. In late 2010 Queensland was affected by major flash flooding this continued on into the beginning of 2011 and ¾ of Queensland was declared a disaster zone.
Packing 145-mile-an-hour winds as it made landfall, the category 3 storm left more than a million people in three states without power and submerged highways even hundreds of miles from its center. The hurricane’s storm surge — a 29-foot wall of water pushed ashore when the hurricane struck the Gulf Coast — was the highest ever measured in the United States. Levees failed in New Orleans, resulting in political and social upheavals that continued a half decade later. (Laforet, New York Times)
The Washington Times opens with a statement describing the path of Hurricane Katrina and also shares the known death toll. This article gives the audience more of a general overview of the first known effects of the hurricane, without having too many newly revealed facts. The article has quotes from the governors of Mississippi, which gives the reader a feeling that
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina brought a death toll in the thousands and millions of dollars in damage. It was a severe storm “with winds in excess of 150 miles per hour [that] caused 20-foot-high waves to pound the coastlines of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi” (Dass-Brailsford 24). Other than the rescue missions, the city was also concerned with clean up efforts and restoring basic service to residents, which was a huge challenge to the city government. On the other hand, different voices from residents are also caused city government moving slow in decision-making and implementation of the recovery plans. Some progress on recovery plan has been made, but the city is struggling with the slow planning process, the lack
After Hurricane Matthew lost its strength it took its high winds and rains with it. However, it left behind water that had fallen during its trip up the southeastern coast. Particularly in North Carolina, the storm has continued to threaten lives as floodwaters rose. More than two-dozen people have died as a result of the storm. In North Carolina, the hurricane killed only more half of the deaths the U.S. experienced. “The crisis is far from over. In some cases, the floodwaters aren’t expected to crest until Friday” (Domonoske, 2016 pg. 2)
After all the destruction, around 600,000 people were left homeless, and jobless. The government did not immediately help anyone regain their homes or get their normal life back. Eventually they did, but it took a year or so until they decided this event was truly devastating. The levee’s to the river were rebuilt, but broke again and created a new flood in 1993. Even though the Mississippi River flood of 1993 was terrible, it was no match for the one in 1927.
Hurricane Katrina has been noted as one of the costliest and deadliest natural disasters in US history. This paper will exam the city of New Orleans and the preparation, response, and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This catastrophic event shaped the US disaster response and recovery system.
On August 23, 2005 hurricane katrina hit land a lot harder than U.S. citizens ever thought would happen, reaching wind speeds up to 174 miles per hour and endless rain. One of the most impactful events of this hurricane would be all the water damage done to the houses and landscapes. “More than 50 breaches of the levee system lead to flooding that eventually
Hurricane Katrina was probably the most devastating non-manmade, nature disaster in United States history and one of the most devastating disasters the world has ever seen. It wasn’t even the actually hurricane that was the primary problem. It was the aftermath of the hurricane that did the most damage to New Orleans, Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina wasn’t the real issue into why New Orleans and Gulf Coast were destroyed due to this hurricane; it was just a result of a problem that they neglected to solved: environmental issues within the Gulf Coast before the hurricane. Many issues started to show from the beginning of the first signs of Hurricane Katrina to the end of Hurricane Katrina and the book Rising Water by John Biguenet highlights these issues. The concept of environmental justice helps us understand that neglected of infrastructure, mainly the wetlands and the barrier islands were ignored by the State of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast which resulted in a terrible aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and this was shown in Rising Waters.
Hurricane Katrina turned from a natural disaster into a social disaster as pictures started to be exposed. As, few days after Katrina went by the Gulf Coast where “Hinders of thousands” of different race people crowded into the “New Orleans Superdome” and as in the “city’s convention center”, as they beached on the “rooftops”. Or even secluded on reinforcements of “dry highway” deprived of “any food” or other things to find a liberation of the hot sun”. Then flood came and a lot of bodies started to be seen floating everywhere. (172-173)
In 1993, the Midwest experienced the worst flood in American history affecting ten states in the Upper Mississippi River basin. The flooding lasted from late spring to fall, killing fifty-two people and damaging a 100,000 homes and businesses. The cause of the flooding was a heavy winter with lots of snow and a spring season full of rain, which saturated the soil. Instead, of a hot summer, the rain kept coming and the Upper Mississippi River Basin received three and a half times its normal rain. Since it continuously rained, the water levels kept rising and many of the levees broke. The water levels stayed high for weeks destroying towns and agriculture all throughout the Midwest.
Natural disaster often happens anywhere in the world, However we may have time to evacuate if we get warnings such as earthquakes, tsunami etc. Hurricanes happen without having time to let people evacuate. This report will provide information about the hurricane Katrina that took place in August 28 2005. This report will provide information from different source that is provided online and in the library which will show information before the storm and flooding, during the storm and flooding, estimating of death and damages, economy and the aftermath of the event.
Thesis: You can simply help out the flood victims by donating monetary funds to reputable organizations, volunteering to provide help to the affected area and donating unused items and blood to organizations such as Red Cross and The Salvation Army. I will also mention the pros and cons of each type of method so that you can pick the method that best fits