Effects

Question 1

What were the secondary effects of Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 1

• 3 million people left without electricity.
• $300 billion worth of damage.
• 230,000 jobs were lost
• Oil platforms sunk in the ocean and oil prices increased because of it.
• Disease spread throughout the water.
• Shops were looted.
• Coastal habitats were destroyed.

Question 2

How did the topography of New Orleans make the effects worse?

Answer 2

New Orleans is situated in a soup-bowl shape with Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River on the other side. When the leveés broke, the water entered the city along with the storm surge to break the storm drains so no water could escape.

Question 3

What were the primary effects of Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 3

• Over 1800 people were killed.
• 300,000 houses were destroyed.
• 900,000 people were injured.
• Banks and Buildings were destroyed by the storm surge.
• The leveés that protected the city broke.
• The evacuation bridge collapsed.