Geography

Presentation on Hurricane Katrina

Presentation on Hurricane Katrina

Principle objective of this lecture is to present on Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. on August 29, 2005. Winds of 140 mph created a 30-foot storm surge. Water breached the dam that protected the city of New Orleans and flooded the low-lying coastlines of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. With the damage estimated at more than $200 million, and more than one million people forced to leave their homes, Katrina is the most expensive and most destructive natural disaster in U.S. history.