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Katrina: A Case Study
Executive Summary
Monday, August 29, 2005 one of the worst recorded hurricanes in history made landfall in Buras, Louisiana. Covering an estimated 90,000 square miles it impacted the Gulf as a category 4 storm (Haddow, Bullock, & Coppola, 2008, p. 397). The storm brought with it heavy rainfall, flooding and harsh winds that displaced over 800,000 citizens from their homes and properties. The National Flood Insurance program paid out more than $16.1 million in claims related to the disaster with insurance losses ballooning up into the billions (Haddow, Bullock, & Coppola, 2008, p. 397).
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