Knowra Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a major Atlantic hurricane that struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005. Storm surge, levee failures, and flooding devastated New Orleans and caused extensive destruction across the region.
Hurricane storm surge : A rise in coastal water driven mainly by a storm’s winds and low pressure. Katrina’s surge pushed water against Gulf Coast defenses and into breached areas.
Hurricane Katrina (meteorology) : The storm’s formation, track, intensity changes, and landfalls as recorded by meteorological observations. This account separates Katrina’s physical evolution from the disasters it triggered.
Michael D. Brown : An American official who served as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 2003 to 2005. His leadership and public statements became central to scrutiny of the federal response.
Hurricane Katrina diaspora : The large-scale, long-term displacement of people from areas struck by Hurricane Katrina. Many residents never returned to their pre-storm communities, reshaping Gulf Coast populations.
Hurricane Rita : A powerful Atlantic hurricane that struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005, weeks after Katrina. Rita followed Katrina and prompted another major evacuation across the same vulnerable region.
New Orleans levee failures : Breaches and structural failures in the flood-protection system that inundated parts of New Orleans in 2005. These failures allowed surrounding waters to flood much of the city after Katrina passed.
Mississippi Gulf Coast : The southern Mississippi coastline along the Gulf of Mexico. Katrina’s surge devastated coastal communities here, including Biloxi and Gulfport.
Ray Nagin : The mayor of New Orleans from 2002 to 2010. His evacuation decisions and crisis leadership were widely examined after Katrina.
Disaster recovery : The process of restoring communities, services, and livelihoods after a disaster. Katrina’s recovery stretched across years and involved housing, infrastructure, and public services.
Hurricane Harvey : A 2017 Atlantic hurricane whose extreme rainfall caused catastrophic flooding in Texas. Harvey’s rainfall-driven flooding contrasts with Katrina’s defining storm-surge and levee-failure disaster.
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