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After 10 months, only a quarter of residents in the areas of the city that had flooded had returned and the evacuees that had moved away from the city had relocated an average of 3.5 times. [8] In total, it is estimated that over a million people were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. [9]
The next day, Sunday, August 28, Katrina became a Category 4 hurricane [7] and eventually evolved into a Category 5 storm the very same day, with winds blowing at about 175 mph (280 km/h). [8] New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin decided not to declare a mandatory evacuation of the city, and instead opened up the Superdome to those who couldn't leave ...
Eventually, 30,000 arrived at the Superdome before they were evacuated. By August 31, eighty percent (80%) of the city of New Orleans was flooded by Hurricane Katrina, with some parts of the city under 20 feet (6.1 m), of water. Over 50 breaches in region's levee system were cataloged, five of which resulted in massive flooding of New Orleans.
By comparison, Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 storm that devastated New Orleans, killed more than 1,800 and cost about $200 billion, according to federal estimates.
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same. The hurricane brought death ...
On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast -- leaving its mark as one of the strongest storms to ever impact the U.S. coast. Devastation ranged from Louisiana to Alabama to ...
The largest loss of life in Hurricane Katrina was due to flooding caused by engineering flaws in the flood protection system, particularly the levees around the city of New Orleans. 80% of the city, as well as large areas in neighboring parishes, were flooded for weeks. The flooding destroyed most of New Orleans's transportation and ...
Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, causing severe flooding damage to cities from New Orleans to Biloxi. New Orleans faced catastrophic flooding, leaving much of the city ...