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The Ecological And Economic Impact Of Hurricane Katrina

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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. New Orleans flooded and many of its citizens were evacuated. With Katrina being named "the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U. S history,"[1] questions surfaced about the impact on the ecological and economical devastation on the city and its residents. Future research about these topics could affect the way that the U.S handles other upcoming disaster. With over 120 mph winds, Katrina 's recovery cost the government over 108 billion dollars. The issues are not of Hurricane Katrina itself but of development problems that occurred after. Ecologically, the hurricane equalized Lake Pontchartain and New Orleans, and increased levels of the chemical formaldehyde to unsafe

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