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Awakening to reports of katrinas landfall on the gulf coast the morning of. Katrina reached category 5 levels over the gulf of mexico, then weakened and made landfall in louisiana and mississippi with strong category 3 storm winds. Pdf the hurricane katraina damage survey report was published in october 2005, within 60 days of disaster. Katrina generated an intense burst of deep convection over the lowlevel center during the afternoon of 25 august while positioned over the northwestern bahamas. Hurricane katrina was one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the united states during the past 100 years. Hurricane katrina, its 115 mph winds, and the accompanying storm surge it created as high as 27 feet along a. Hurricane katrina s recordsetting storm surge along the mississippi gulf coast and overwhelming of the flood protection system in new orleans on august 29, 2005 is burned in memory.

When hurricane katrina made landfall near the louisiana mississippi border on the morning of august 29, 2005, it set in motion a series of events that exposed vast numbers of. Lake borgne to a few hundred yards apart where the mrgo merges into the giww. Final report of the select bipartisan committee to investigate. Stress and support in family relationships after hurricane. This case study accompanies the irgc report risk governance deficits. Further strengthening ensued, and katrina is estimated to have reached hurricane status near 2100 utc 25 august, less. Katrina was then a large category 3 hurricane see appendix a for saffirsimpson scale with winds of 125 mph and a central pressure of 920 millibars mb. Preparation for and response to hurricane katrina, i submit herewith the committees report to the 109th congress. Hurricane katrina was the largest natural disaster in the united states in. What went wrong in general terms, the challenges to our collective response to hurricane katrina are not difficult to identify. Pdf hurricane katrina damage survey verification study. The blend of languages also created words and phrases. This makes katrina the third most intense united states u. When hurricane katrina made landfall near the louisiana mississippi border on the morning of august 29, 2005, it set in motion a series of events that exposed vast numbers of americans to extraordinary suffering.

Hurricane katrina found us still a nation unprepared for catastrophe. Engineer manual em1110219, design and construction of levees. There were an estimated 971 deaths in louisiana as a result of hurricane katrina, and the earliest and most numerous deaths were seen in the elderly 8, 10. A tropical wave, which departed the west coast of africa on 11 august, moved through the leeward islands and merged with the middle. Cities such as new orleans, louisiana, mobile, alabama, and gulfport. The stormchapter one a crew chief from louisianas company d, 1st battalion, 244th aviation watches as evacuees line up to board his helicopter. Almost half of all the deceased were older than 75 years old, and an additional 26% were of the ages 60 to 75 11. Tropical cyclone report for hurricane katrina pdf national. A storm of hurricane katrinas strength and intensity is expected to cause major flooding. The response to hurricane katrina international risk governance. Stress and support in family relationships after hurricane katrina article pdf available in journal of family issues 3210. Hurricane katrina after action report open pdf 2mb hurricane katrina was one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the united states during the last 100 years, causing widespread devastation along the central gulf coast states of the u. Hurricane mitigation summary report on building performance.