Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was a category 3 ranking hurricane on a scale from of 1 to 5. For a hurricane to be a category 3 it must have 111-130 mph winds. This was what was happening in New Orleans August 29, 2005.  New Orleans is already below sea level and is surrounded by water. They had strong levees for the Mississippi River, but the levees for Lake Ponchartrain weren't as reliable.

New Orleans was hit the hardest from Hurricane Katrina. There was flooding everywhere. There were places that had 9 meters high of flooding. In a result of all of that 35,000 people had to be rescued. No one knew what to do or how bad it was. 15,000 people were now homeless and had no food and no plan. Overall 2,000 people died. It was unimaginable. It was tragic.


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