Hurricane Katrina is quite possibly the United State’s most popular hurricane ever. Prezi presentation about Hurricane Katrina created by Taylor Daniels This article entailed key facts about Hurricane Katrina such as what it was, how it formed, and the fatalities. Geography, climate, and environment Edit Main article: Geography of the United States File:USA-satellite.jpg All of these facts were essential to provide a detailed … By the time Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, it was a category 5 hurricane. Katrina's destruction wasn't limited to just Louisiana and Mississippi with damage reported as far east as the Florida Panhandle due to the large wind field and storm surge associated with the hurricane. It ruined so many lives and impacted people in ways we could not think of. HURRICANE KATRINA. Almost all who died were over 73 years old. Katrina started out as a tropical depression when it showed up southeast of the bahamas then worked its way up to a tropical storm, and then a hurricane. Read CNN's Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts and learn about one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in US history. The 2005 hurricane offers a clear case study of the effect of government communications on economic and physical recovery. We explicate how, during the Hurricane Katrina teleconferences, “reporting” shaped and constrained the formulation of problems and responses by creating a structure that facilitated order while inhibiting the identification of and “talking through” of confusion points, and … Catastrophic floods, the most recent occurring in Louisiana, a region horribly devastated by Hurricane Katrina August 29, 2005 [2]; Polar Vortex, a new weather term not heard before the last two winters or so, and I’ve been listening to weather forecasters all my life. On August 29, 2005, Katrina—a category 3 hurricane—made landfall in New Orleans and became one of the deadliest in US history. This study seeks to determine the relative influence of race and class on trust in sources of messages of environmental risk in post-Katrina New Orleans. Hurricane Olga, another late-in-the-year storm, set the record in 2001, with tropical-force winds extending 600 miles (965 km). Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history. Documenting loss and damage caused by climate change and its impact on human and ecological systems Asha Sitati noreply@blogger.com Blogger 14 1 25 tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3476817780276946841.post-990007560351304136 2017-01-06T12:30:00.000+00:00 2017-01-07T13:46:19.603+00:00 90,000 square miles were affected. These tendencies were all in evidence during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, yet sporadic rioting and acts of violence also erupted after the hurricane at the New Orleans Superdome and other areas in the city business district. By Jason Chan. Hurricane Katrina formed approximately 200 kilometers off the coast of the Bahamas on August 23 as a tropical depression ( Live Science). Look, for example, at Hurricane Katrina. An estimated 1,836 people died in the hurricane and the flooding that followed in late August 2005, and millions of others were left homeless along the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans, which experienced the highest death toll. Sandy set other records , however, CNN reported. In 2008, amid a global economic recession, the first African-American president, Barack Obama, was elected. REALTOR® Spotlight: The Atlanta Real Estate Tycoon Who Persevered Through Hurricane Katrina, Jason Lapene. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused severe destruction along much of the Gulf Coast, devastating New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States.