hurricae katrina

• what type of country did hurricane katrina happen in

  usa developed new orleans
• how % of new orleans flooded

  80%
• how many metres was some parts flooded underwater

  4.5m
• how many people died

  1836
• how many houses were destroyed

  154,522
• what happened to the electricity supplies

  3 million cut off
• where were people sheltered

  at the superdome
• what collapsed

  the infrastructure and coastal habitats
• how much was the damage worth

  125 billiom
• how many businesses shut

  240,000
• how many people were evacuated

  1.7 million
• what % of people had to stay in new orleans and why

  20-30% because they can not afford to
• what happened to the buses sent for evacuation

  700 were asked but only 100 turned up
• how many people were rescued by the coastguard

  35,000
• what did charities send

  food, water and aid
• how much idd the us government pay in iad

  62bn
• where was the water pumped from the flood

  lake pontchartrain and it took over a month
• how much and what did the us federal and state government spend

  20 million on rebuilding defence systems like levees
• When did hurricane Katrina happen

  29 august 2005