Life After Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Introduction
Did you know that 705 people are still missing after Hurricane Katrina took place? Hurricane Katrina was a fierce hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast of the United States.
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Hurricane Katrina lasted for days. It originally formed on the south eastern part of the Bahamas on August 23,2005 according to, Kim Ann Zimmermann, an author of live Science. Hurricane Katrina then made its way to the southern parts of Florida as a category one hurricane on August 25,2005. On August 26,2005 Katrina re-intensified into a hurricane and then became a category five on August 26th according to Zimmermann. It then weakened to a category three before it made landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border. Hurricanes form over warm oceans near the equator. The warm, moist air rises up from the ocean surface causing an area of low air pressure. According to a NASA Official, Kirsten Erickson, air from the high pressure begins to push into the low pressure and the “new” air becomes warm and moist, too. The warmed moist air rises and cools off then the water in the air forms clouds. According to Erickson, the systems of clouds and wind spins and grows, fed by the oceans heat. The storm begins to rotate faster and faster forming the eye which is located in the center of the hurricane. The Hurricane is fed by the oceans heat so once It hits land it’s not as powerful. http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/ …show more content…
According to the author of Do Something the levees in New Orleans were designed for a category three hurricane but Katrina ranked as a category five. There were many deaths involved with Hurricane Katrina. According to CNN, 2 people died in AL., 14 in Florida, 2 in GA, 1,577 in LA, and 238 in Ms. https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-hurricane-katrina
Introduction
Did you know that 705 people are still missing after Hurricane Katrina took place? Hurricane Katrina was a fierce hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast of the United States.
Time
Hurricane Katrina lasted for days. It originally formed on the south eastern part of the Bahamas on August 23,2005 according to, Kim Ann Zimmermann, an author of live Science. Hurricane Katrina then made its way to the southern parts of Florida as a category one hurricane on August 25,2005. On August 26,2005 Katrina re-intensified into a hurricane and then became a category five on August 26th according to Zimmermann. It then weakened to a category three before it made landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border. Hurricanes form over warm oceans near the equator. The warm, moist air rises up from the ocean surface causing an area of low air pressure. According to a NASA Official, Kirsten Erickson, air from the high pressure begins to push into the low pressure and the “new” air becomes warm and moist, too. The warmed moist air rises and cools off then the water in the air forms clouds. According to Erickson, the systems of clouds and wind spins and grows, fed by the oceans heat. The storm begins to rotate faster and faster forming the eye which is located in the center of the hurricane. The Hurricane is fed by the oceans heat so once It hits land it’s not as powerful. http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/ …show more content…
According to the author of Do Something the levees in New Orleans were designed for a category three hurricane but Katrina ranked as a category five. There were many deaths involved with Hurricane Katrina. According to CNN, 2 people died in AL., 14 in Florida, 2 in GA, 1,577 in LA, and 238 in Ms. https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-hurricane-katrina