[140][141][142][143] Kuwait made the largest single pledge, $500 million; other large donations were made by Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (each $100 million), South Korea ($30 million), Australia ($10 million), India, China (both $5 million), New Zealand ($2 million),[144] Pakistan ($1.5 million),[145] Norway ($1.8 million),[146] and Bangladesh ($1 million).[147]. [56], Katrina's storm surge inundated all parishes surrounding Lake Pontchartrain, including St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, St. John the Baptist, and St. Charles Parishes. Since Hurricane Katrina, Amtrak's Sunset Limited service has never been restored past New Orleans. On August 30, it was reopened to humanitarian and rescue operations. The damage on Dauphin Island was severe, with the surge destroying many houses and cutting a new canal through the western portion of the island. 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[11] Each prosecutor was only paid $30,000 starting off and the public defenders only $29,000. By September 19, 82nd Division military engineers had cleared 185 city blocks of debris, cleared 113 streets, and removed 218 trees, according to unit documents. [76] Katrina traveled up the entire state; as a result, all 82 counties in Mississippi were declared disaster areas for federal assistance, 47 for full assistance. The background checks found that 45% of the refugees had a criminal record of some nature, and that 22% had a violent criminal record. The area outside the Superdome was flooded to a depth of 3 feet (0.91 m), with a possibility of 7 feet (2.1 m) if the area equalized with Lake Pontchartrain. Much of this information was relayed from trapped victims via the SMS functions of their cell phones, to friends and relatives outside the area, who then relayed the information back to NOLA.com. Insulation tubes were exposed as the hotel's glass exterior was completely sheared off. Most of the city's major roads were damaged. The I-10 Twin Span Bridge traveling east towards Slidell suffered severe damage; 473 spans were separated from their supports and 64 spans dropped into the lake. Some hotels and hospitals reported diesel fuel shortages. There were five tornadoes in the northwestern portion of the state, though none of them caused significant damage. The hurricane made its final landfall near the mouth of the Pearl River, with the eye straddling St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and Hancock County, Mississippi, on the morning of August 29 at about 9:45M CST. 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BFMTV. With total personnel strength of 11,000, this meant that 27% of the Louisiana National Guard was abroad. Breton National Wildlife Refuge lost half its area in the storm. [27] Officials in Miami-Dade County advised residents in mobile homes or with special needs to evacuate. The other tornadoes caused significant damages to buildings and agricultural facilities. La plupart des experts s’accordent à penser que Katrina sera la plus coûteuse catastrophe naturelle de l’histoire des États-Unis. She didn’t return to the city for a year. [9], Hurricane Katrina at peak intensity in the, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Charles F. Anderson, Jurjen A. Battjes; et al. I can't believe it's been 15 years since Hurricane Katrina ripped through the city of New Orleans, leaving a wake of destruction behind. Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, decided to take over the federal, state, and local operations officially on August 30, 2005, citing the National Response Plan. 45:06. Chertoff designated Michael D. Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, as the Principal Federal Official to lead the deployment and coordination of all federal response resources and forces in the Gulf Coast region. In a June 2006 report on the disaster,[35] the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers admitted that faulty design specifications, incomplete sections, and substandard construction of levee segments, contributed to the damage done to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. [81], On August 31, a public health emergency was declared for the entire Gulf Coast, and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco ordered a mandatory evacuation of all those remaining in New Orleans. This added to the chaos by stretching law enforcement thin. Rebuilding meant piles of paperwork in a mountain of bureaucracy. 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Rpt. Mais, Katrina avait fait plus de 1.800 morts et coûté 150 milliards de dollars. Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States and the second Category 5 hurricane of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.The storm formed over the Bahamas on August 23, where it moved west and hit south Florida as a Category 1 hurricane two days later. The discussion of both the immediate response and of the broader public policy issues may have affected elections and legislation enacted at various levels of government. Cellular service and the Internet were inoperable because of line damages, destruction of base stations, or power failures, even though some base stations had their own back-up generators. Svoj put uragan je nastavio u Meksičkom zaljevu gdje je dobio na snazi. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. [33] Therefore, it is difficult to systematically predict subsidence of the ground under the levees. Early the following day, the depression intensified into a tropical storm as it headed generally westward toward Florida, strengthening into a hurricane two hours before making landfall at Hallandale Beach on August 25. Very minimal impact was reported in Rhode Island, with winds downing a tree and two electrical poles in the city of Warwick. On August 27 the state of Louisiana was declared an emergency area by the Federal Government,[16] and by mid-morning of that day, many local gas stations which were not yet out of gas had long lines. ". Telephone and power lines were damaged and around 8,000 people were evacuated in the Pinar del Río Province. Karoly, A. Imeson, C. Liu, A. Menzel, S. Rawlins, T.L. Guardsman Lieutenant Colonel Pete had commented that "dozens of high water vehicles, humvees, refuelers, and generators were abroad. On August 29, 2005, Katrina passed over New Orleans with such force that it ripped two holes in the Superdome roof. Several bridges were destroyed, including the I-10 Twin Span Bridge connecting Slidell to New Orleans. "[17] However, during the testimony by former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) chief Michael Brown before a U.S. House subcommittee on September 26, Representative Stephen Buyer (R-IN) inquired as to why President Bush's declaration of state of emergency of August 27 had not included the coastal parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, and Plaquemines. More specifically, the criticism focused on the delayed response to the flooding of New Orleans, and the subsequent state of chaos in the city. The local municipalities were charged with maintenance once the projects were completed. "[110] Several shootings occurred between police and New Orleans residents, some involving police misconduct; including an incident where police officers killed two unarmed civilians and seriously injured four others at Danziger Bridge. [138] A later CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll showed that respondents disagreed widely on who was to blame for the problems in the city following the hurricane—13% said Bush, 18% said federal agencies, 25% blamed state or local officials and 38% said no one was to blame. One such proposal is to avoid rebuilding on flooded lands, instead restoring acres of wetlands to profit from the economic wealth. Although the Superdome suffered damage by water and wind to the overall interior and exterior structures, as well as interior damage from human waste and trash, the facility was repaired at a cost of US$185 million and was ready for games by the autumn of 2006.