HURRICANES
hurricane katrina
hurricane ike
hurricane audrey
hurricane sandy
hurricane charley
The natural disaster I have chosen has been the hurricane. The hurricane that I liked the most was Katrina, among others was Ike, Audrey, Sandy and Charley.
The tropical depression that became Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and meteorologists were soon able to warn people in the Gulf Coast states that a major storm was on its way. By August 28, evacuations were underway across the region. That day, the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm hit, “most of the [Gulf Coast] area will be uninhabitable for weeks…perhaps longer.” By 9 a.m., low-lying places like St. Bernard Parish and the Ninth Ward were under so much water that people had to scramble to attics and rooftops for safety. Eventually, nearly 80 percent of the city was under some quantity of water and there were many losses.