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    Hurricane Katrina was a catastrophic natural disaster in American history. The aftermath had substantial negative impact on New Orleans and it could have been avoided if proper disaster management practices were put in place. Therefore, it is important to determine the factors that caused the hurricane to be catastrophic. One factor that was responsible for the disaster was failure of the three levels of the government working cohesively (Thiede & Brown, 2013). The incoherent interaction between

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    Essay On Hurricane Irma

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    informed that Hurricane Irma was going to hit. Nobody could predict the number of countries and the amount of destruction one storm could bring. They were given a warning to evacuate their homes and seek secure shelters before the Hurricane hit. This was unexpected as the hurricane was suppose to hit the day after, on September 6th, 2017 and people did not think that they would need to evacuate. Hurricane season in the Caribbean is from mid August to mid October, therefore, Hurricane Irma was hitting

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    Essay On Hurricane Ivan

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    Hurricane Ivan was a major mile marker and an extremely devastating period of time for most people located within the Caribbean as well as the lower areas of the United States. Within hours of forming, Ivan was showing signs of having the ability to grow larger and have the most impact than any other hurricane within the past two years. When everything was said and done, Ivan was classified as, “The cyclone was the ninth named storm, the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active

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    Essay On Hurricane Sandy

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    Hurricane Sandy Did you know Hurricane Sandy is known as “The Superstorm”? Sandy was one of the most destructive hurricanes in the 2012 Atlantic Season. On October 19, 2012, the meteorologists named the storm Hurricane Sandy. Sandy developed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22, 2012.Sandy was deadly, moved very quickly, but there are ways to survive hurricanes. To begin with, the destruction from Sandy left around 286 people globally dead. From Florida to Maine, Sandy caused water levels to rise

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    Hurricane Katrina was a devastating disaster that has affected many people in New Orleans as well as the surrounding areas. It had a stunning “death toll of 1300 people and damage over $100 billion ”( Davlasheridze 94 ). The communication were taken down hours after Katrina because of the unexpected fast winds and floods that broke down “3 million phone lines and 1,000 cellular towers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.”( Joch ). Because of the millions of phone lines that were battered, contacting

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    Hurricane Pam Exercise

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    Hurricanes Katrina is a catastrophic natural disaster and a mortal hurricane. Being one of the five biggest hurricane no one could control communication, every device was under distraction. Hours after the hurricane Katrina the communication broke down because of the aftershock, and nobody was expecting hurricane Katrina to be that bad .It is mentioned that over 100 radio stations were destroyed and up to 2000 cell phones towers were forced off the air. The wire lines of network communication were

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    In the last century, there have been approximately 13 hurricanes to hit the United States’ landfall (Citation). Many of these hurricanes don't only have a social impact, but also have an economic impact on the United States. However, the question is how impactful does a natural disaster have to be to cripple the United States, or can it help improve the economy? One crucial factor in the economy is the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate is a common measurement for determining the health of

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    Do you ever wonder the disasters' hurricanes can do? There are multiple hurricanes, like Hurricane Irma that is a category 5, and it hit Florida, and southeast of Georgia, and another hurricane is Hurricane Harvey, and it is a category 4, it just hit Texas in August 25,2017- September 3,2017. There are many more hurricanes, so that's why you need to be prepared for any hurricane's that comes your way. Hurricanes are very dangerous they include high winds, destruction, heavy rain, and flooding. Imagine

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    phenomenon known as Hurricane Katrina brought terrible side-effects to lower-class African Americans. A catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina changed the lives of the lower-class African Americans forever because of the devastation from several effects. People today are more prepared for a natural disaster because “Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storms to hit the United States coast within the last 100 years” in New Orleans (Brianna Frank). Most of these ramifications of Hurricane Katrina came

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    Hurricane Mitch Effects

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    Introduction Natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, seaquakes, and volcanic eruptions are all events that frequent the country of Nicaragua and its neighbors in Central America and the Caribbean. But one of the most devastating natural disasters to affect the country, Hurricane Mitch, has had a lasting effect on Nicaragua. There was an approximate of 3,000 deaths, 1,000 missing persons, 900,000 injured persons. The hurricane caused damage to 50,000 homes, 340 schools, 90 health care

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