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The disaster recovery response to Hurricane Katrina in late 2005 included U.S. federal government agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the United States Coast Guard (USCG), state and local-level agencies, federal and National Guard soldiers, non-governmental organizations, charities, and private individuals.
The National Weather Service bulletin for the New Orleans region of 10:11 a.m., August 28, 2005, was a particularly dire warning issued by the local Weather Forecast Office in Slidell, Louisiana, warning of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina could wreak upon the Gulf Coast of the United States, and the human suffering that would follow once the storm left the area.
A Waffle House mostly reduced to rubble in Biloxi, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Waffle House Index is a metric named after the ubiquitous Southern US restaurant chain Waffle House known for its 24-hour, 365-day service. [1]
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The organization's immediate response to Hurricane Katrina included more than 5.7 million hot meals and about 8.3 million sandwiches, snacks, and drinks served in and around New Orleans. Its SATERN network of amateur radio operators picked up where modern communications left off to help locate more than 25,000 survivors.
The Red Cross also stepped in to help with "Bringing Help, Bringing Hope" -- a campaign that included American Red Cross response to hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. See relief efforts for ...
August 29, 2021 - Hurricane Ida made landfall at Port Fourchon, Louisiana as a high-end Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph, the same day as the 16th anniversary of Katrina making landfall in the state. 33 people were killed and at least $18 billion in insured damage was inflicted across the state.
Hurricane Katrina, also in the North Atlantic Ocean, was the costliest tropical cyclone of the season and all time (tied with Hurricane Harvey in 2017), causing more than $125 billion in damage after striking the United States, especially New Orleans and its surrounding areas.