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Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

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The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were shattering and long-lasting. As the center of Katrina passed east of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, winds downtown were in the Category 3 range with frequent intense gusts and tidal surge. Though the most severe portion of Katrina missed the city, hitting nearby St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes, the storm surge caused more than 50... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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    Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans

    The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were long-lasting. As the center of Katrina passed east of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, winds downtown were in the Category 3 range with frequent intense gusts and tidal surge.
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    Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States. ... Main articles: Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans
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    Hurricane Katrina effects by region

    This article covers the Hurricane Katrina effects by region, within the United States and Canada. ... Main article: Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
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    Political effects of Hurricane Katrina

    This article deals with political effects of Hurricane Katrina other than those related to Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina, which are contained in a separate article. ... New Orleans flood defenses
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    Social effects of Hurricane Katrina

    Most of the 10,000 fish at the New Orleans Aquarium of the Americas died because the backup power ran out after four days. ... Effects of Hurricane Katrina
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    Hurricane preparedness for New Orleans

    Hurricane preparedness in New Orleans has been an issue since the city's early settlement because of the city's location. ... The Hurricane Pam scenario and the level of attention that the federal government paid to it were discussed following the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in November and December, 2005.
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    Economic effects of Hurricane Katrina

    The economic effects of Hurricane Katrina, which hit Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi in late August 2005, were far-reaching. ... Harrah's New Orleans closed shortly before the storm and sustained storm damage.
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    Timeline of Hurricane Katrina

    This article contains a historical timeline of the events of Hurricane Katrina. ... | Timeline | Meteorological history | Preparations | New Orleans Preparations | Economic effects | Political effects | Criticism | Social effects | Human rights | Effects by region | Mississippi | New Orleans | Florida | Levee failures | Infrastructural repair | Reconstruction | Disaster relief | International response | Theories | Historical context | Media coverage |
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    Reconstruction of New Orleans

    The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in August 2005 were significant due to the catastrophic failure of the flood protection system designed to protect the city following the passage of the Flood Control Act of 1965. The American Society of Civil Engineers refers to the flooding as the worst engineering catastrophe in United States history.
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    Meteorological history of Hurricane Katrina

    ... history of Hurricane Katrina, an extremely... Category 5 hurricane, began on August 23, 2005 when it originated as... ... ... | New Orleans Preparations | Economic effects | Political effects | Criticism | Social effects | Human rights | Effects by region |... | New Orleans | Florida |...

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Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans