Hurricane Wind Scale Rates During Hurricane Katrina

Hurricanes cause a lot of damage, but not many compare to the most destructive hurricane to ever hit the United States, Hurricane Katrina. Hurricanes are storms with violet winds, in particular, a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. They usually sustain winds of 150 mph. Hurricane Katrina included many details common to hurricanes, and caused damage and destruction to property and lives that effected the region, but the area has recovered in its aftermath. Hurricane Katrina included many details

forward.” To this day, this sentiment remains authentic for those devastated by the August 2005 Hurricane Katrina. Accordingly, the aftermath and trauma that victims of Katrina faced in New Orleans, Louisiana, left countless amounts of people homeless and with psychological issues. Levees in New Orleans failed as enormous waves flooded the city that was already below sea level. Consequently, Hurricane Katrina’s course of major annihilation was detrimental and left various southern states, including

What is a hurricane? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a hurricane is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters. A tropical cyclone is a low-pressure rotating weather system that is indeed organized by different thunderstorms. Every year many catastrophes happen around the world causing major deaths and tons of destruction. According to Tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of less than 39 miles per

2005; a very strong storm known as Hurricane Katrina was heading northwest towards the mainland of the United States. Such a storm could lead to catastrophe and there will be no happy ending for anyone. When any type of natural disaster strikes, how does America respond and help those who are in need. The idea of Hurricane Katrina interested me because my favorite college football team are known as the “Miami Hurricanes”. It felt right to research hurricanes and how it affects many people near waters

paper I will talk about what is a hurricane. How they are formed. What time of the year they happen. Inform the reader on the different categories that a hurricane have. Also I will inform about the major hurricanes that happened in the United States. A hurricane or a tropical cyclone is an intense, rotating oceanic weather system that possesses maximum sustained winds exceeding 119 km/hr (74 mph). It forms and intensifies over tropical oceanic regions. Hurricanes are generally smaller than storms

(Wisner & Adams, 2002). These disasters can be natural or man-made; one type of natural disaster are those of hurricanes. Hurricanes are large, powerful storms that can create winds of 74 miles per hour or higher. Swirling winds can cause significant damage to buildings and trees, heavy precipitation can result in severe flooding, and the emergency situations that arise during and after hurricanes can greatly impact the health and well being of many individuals, particularly the vulnerable population

On August 26th, 2005, the world’s eyes turned to New Orleans as it became the site of the country’s deadliest natural disaster in decades and the planet’s most expensive one on record. While the immense scale of Hurricane Katrina—a Category 5 hurricane with 174 mile-per-hour winds that directly hit a major urban center—is to blame for the storm’s devastation, the municipal, state, and federal governments also deserve much blame for their faulty preparation and response. When people talk about Katrina’s

Abstract Hurricane Katrina, one of the worst natural disasters in American history, struck the city of New Orleans on Aug 29,2005. It was a categorised as level 3 storm with wind speeds of up to 127 mph after making landfall. Approximately 80 percent of the city was submerged under 20 feet of water. Levees have been built around the city of New Orleans to keep the rising water level at the bay. However, it also kept out the silts and sediments. Without the renewal of these sediments, New Orleans

Hurricane Wilma November 24, 2015 Geology 1401 Introducion: Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons, these cyclonic storms are known by many names but are all born from the same mechanism: low pressure systems. Also known as depressions. Thankfully, most hurricanes form only during hurricane season, which is from June 1st to November 30th. Within this season about 85 percent of the most intense hurricanes and 60 percent of minor Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes originate from African

morning of August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall bringing with it winds between 100-104 miles per hour. Upon landfall the storm stretched approximately 400 miles across and was rated a category 3 hurricane (History.com Staff, 2009). The aftermath of the storm left the areas of Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana with flooding displacing hundreds of thousands of residents and caused more than $100 billion in damages (Townsend, 2006). The events of the hurricane and its aftermath including