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Cities such as new orleans, louisiana, mobile, alabama, and gulfport, mississippi bore the brunt of katrina s force. Key documents regarding the government response to katrina. Of those who reported evacuation was not feasible because of limited means, seveninten 71% cite having nowhere else to go, and nearly fourinten 37% did not have a car and reported they were not able to leave their houses without assistance 36% see table 2. This page provides flood recovery guidance and high water and wind reports for communities in alabama, mississippi, and louisiana affected by hurricane katrina in 2005. The area encompasses 91 counties or parishes eligible to receive individual assistance assistance to individuals and households and. But despite the heightened attention to homeland security, the response to katrina was a failure. Access thousands of highquality, free k12 articles, and create online assignments with them for your students. Even before hurricane katrina came ashore, the department began its work to restore the many significant portions of our nations energy infrastructure affected by the storm. Learn by example and become a better writer with kibins suite of essay help services. Brown national hurricane center 20 december 2005 updated 14 september 2011 to include damage estimates from the national flood insurance program and to revise the total damage estimate updated 10 august 2006 for tropical wave history, storm surge.
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