Case Studies

• More than 1800 people were killed in Hurricane Katrina in 2005
• Hurricane Katrina: tropical depression starts in Bahamas then moves to gulf of mexico with wind speeds of 250 km/h
• 300,000 homes lost power in Hurricane Katrina
• After hurricane Katrina 3 million people left without electricity
• consequence of hurricane Katrina was 230,000 jobs lost
• A consequence of Hurricane Katrina is it cost a total of $150 billion
• 70-80% of New Orleans was evacuated after hurricane Katrina
• Missisippi and Louisiana declared states of emergency
• coast guard policfire service rescued over 50,000 people
• The US government spent $40 billion on relief efforts
• UN provided relief hurricane Katrina
• Consequences of UK 2022 heatwave?

  airport runway melted so flights had to be delayed
• how much of Lagos’s trash Is collected?

  40%