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Surveying the damage the day after Katrina's passing, Mississippi governor Haley Barbour called the scene indescribable, saying "I can only imagine that this is what Hiroshima looked like 60 years ago." [63] The mayor of Biloxi, A.J. Holloway, told the Biloxi Sun Herald, "This is our tsunami."
The total damage from Katrina is estimated at $125 billion (2005 U.S. dollars). [4] [44] However, in February 2021, a severe winter storm struck the United States, causing a major power failure in Houston, which caused at least $195 billion (2021 USD) in damage in Texas. It surpassed both Katrina and Harvey to become the single-costliest ...
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 recent ProPublica report revealed data showing that some of the hardest-hit victims of Hurricane Katrina were shortchanged tens of thousands of dollars on average by a federal program meant to ...
The National Weather Service (NWS) sent damage survey teams to Fort Myers, Florida, to conduct a comprehensive ana 'It's a tsunami': Storm surge survey crews uncover startling damage from Ian Skip ...
The report cited the Flood Control Act of 1965 legislation which was enacted in response to losses exceeding $1 billion (including multiple levee failures) during Hurricane Betsy. Congress directed the corps, from then forward, to be responsible for design and construction of the hurricane flood protection system enveloping New Orleans.
SEE MORE: Special coverage on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) played a big role in Hurricane Katrina recovery, implementing aid in both ...
Many roads and buildings were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. In a June 2006 report on the disaster, [37] the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers admitted that faulty design specifications, incomplete sections, and substandard construction of levee segments, contributed to the damage done to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. [38]