Hurricane Katrina
Title
Hurricane Katrina
Description
Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. 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.
Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have said Katrina was the most destructive storm to strike the United States. It ranks sixth overall in strength of recorded Atlantic hurricanes. It was also a very large storm; at its peak, maximum winds stretched 25 to 30 nautical miles and its extremely wide swath of hurricane force winds extended at least 75 nautical miles to the east from the center.
It is a failure case of emergency management. Miscommunication between federal and state government brought slow response. Therefore, the federal government reconsidered and reformed the emergency system through the case of Katrina.
Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have said Katrina was the most destructive storm to strike the United States. It ranks sixth overall in strength of recorded Atlantic hurricanes. It was also a very large storm; at its peak, maximum winds stretched 25 to 30 nautical miles and its extremely wide swath of hurricane force winds extended at least 75 nautical miles to the east from the center.
It is a failure case of emergency management. Miscommunication between federal and state government brought slow response. Therefore, the federal government reconsidered and reformed the emergency system through the case of Katrina.
Creator
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Date
28 August 2005.
Source
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Hurricane_Katrina_August_28_2005_NASA.jpg/800px-Hurricane_Katrina_August_28_2005_NASA.jpg
Relation
Rights
Source: Zimmermann, K. A. (2012, August 20). Hurricane Katrina: Facts, Damage & Aftermath. Live Science. Retrieved February 10, 2013, from http://bit.ly/RwC7P0
Publisher
NASA
Contributor
Jeff Schmaltz
Format
Medium: Photograph
Language
English
Type
Natural Disaster
Identifier
Disaster, Emergency, Hurricanes, Katrina, Security
Coverage
New Orleans
Files
Reference
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Hurricane Katrina, NASA, 28 August 2005.
Cite As
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, “Hurricane Katrina,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 24, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/146.