Huracan Katrina

Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States.[3] Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall. At least 1,836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane; total property damage was estimated at $81 billion (2005 USD),[3] nearly triple the damage wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992.[4]
Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane, causing some deaths and flooding there before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 storm on the morning of Monday, August 29 in southeast Louisiana. It caused severe destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge. The most significant number of deaths occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system catastrophically failed, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland.[5] Eventually 80% of the city and large tracts of neighboring parishes became flooded, and the floodwaters lingered for weeks.[5] However, the worst property damage occurred in coastal areas, such as all Mississippi beachfront towns, which were flooded over 90% in hours, as boats and casino barges rammed buildings, pushing cars and houses inland, with waters reaching 6--12 miles (10--19 km) from the beach.
The hurricane protection failures in New Orleans prompted a lawsuit against the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the designers and builders of the levee system as mandated by the Flood Control Act of 1965. Responsibility for the failures and flooding was laid squarely on the Army Corps in January 2008[by whom?], but the federal agency could not be held financially liable due to sovereign immunity in the Flood Control Act of 1928. There was also an investigation of the responses from federal, state and local governments, resulting in the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Michael D. Brown, and of New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Superintendent Eddie Compass.
Several agencies including the United States Coast Guard (USCG), National Hurricane Center (NHC), and National Weather Service (NWS) were commended for their actions. They provided accurate forecasts with sufficient lead time.
El huracán Katrina fue uno de los ciclones tropicales más mortíferos, destructivos y costosos que haya impactado a Estados Unidos en décadas. Katrina formó parte de la Temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico de 2005. Fue la tercera tormenta más poderosa de la temporada.
Fue un gran ciclón tropical que azotó el sur y el centro de los Estados Unidos en agosto de 2005. Produjo grandes destrozos en Florida, Bahamas, Luisiana y Misisipi, incluyendo cuantiosos daños materiales y graves inundaciones. Tocó tierra en la costa de Luisiana el 29 de agosto convertido en un huracán categoría 3, y a pesar de que en el último momento se desvió ligeramente de su ruta, que atravesaba directamente la ciudad de Nueva Orleans, se produjo una gran devastación en la misma y en zonas cercanas. Por los daños producidos, se convirtió en uno de los huracanes más devastadores en Estados Unidos en la historia reciente, y quizás sea el mayor desastre natural en la historia de ese país.
Se estima que el Katrina causó daños materiales por 75 mil millones de dólares estadounidenses, convirtiéndose en el huracán más costoso en la historia de los Estados Unidos; la tormenta causó la muerte a 1.836 personas, convirtiéndose en el huracán más mortífero de Estados Unidos desde el Huracán San Felipe II de 1928.

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[TheCheche99]

I wish I could jump over that pool XD

[yadirapinales]

OMG this is scary!!!