Hurricane Katrina, 2005

Hurricane Katrina, 2005
ISBN-10
161228941X
ISBN-13
9781612289410
Category
Science
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
2006-10-01
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Author
John A. Torres

Description

Americans will long remember 2005 as the year Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast states, killing thousands and destroying everything in its path. Lives were changed forever. Once the hurricane passed, the city of New Orleans faced even more danger. The city’s protective levees broke, and the streets began to flood. What followed was chaos. Thousands of people who had not evacuated before the hurricane now sought refuge at the Superdome and other emergency sites. They found these shelters without provisions, support, protection, or rescue as the country’s relief efforts floundered with uncertainty. Violence, looting, and general lawlessness followed as desperate city residents felt abandoned by their country. Find out what happened and why, how rescue efforts were finally organized, and what the president promised for the city of New Orleans.

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