Hurricane Katrin The Worst Tropical Storm - 1512 Words

Hurricane Katrina can be described as the worst tropical storm to touch the United States. This catastrophic disaster occurred August 29, 2005 killing over 1800 people and causing billions of dollars in damages. Most of the damages were to homes, buildings, schools, and city infrastructure. The vulnerable populations in this disaster were the elderly, the disabled, and lower income households. These people were very vulnerable due to the lack of resources like finances and automobiles, which would be needed to escape before the hurricane occurred. Despite the economic decline the city New Orleans was already in, Hurricane Katrina made the economy decline even further. This Hurricane caused thousands of jobs to be lost in the medical and†¦show more content†¦Hurricane Katrina drastically affected the lives of the individuals and families that would be considered economically challenged or less fortunate, the elderly, and the disabled. These low income individuals and familie s are known as the vulnerable population due to their location to the waters and also to their inability to get receive certain resources. Many would say these people suffered the most due to the impact of Hurricane Katrina. There is no way to 100% accurately measure the impact that a natural disaster will have on a city or the environment but this disaster definitely left its mark on New Orleans history as well as the United States History. According to CNN.com, (Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts, 2014), â€Å"Katrina was the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. History†. Not only did this disaster take the lives of people and cause major infrastructural damage to buildings but it also as some would say ruined the city of New Orleans. This natural disaster caused many problems for city of New Orleans, its surrounding communities, and also the citizens that lived there. This disaster caused an abundant amount of infrastructural damage to the levees, local businesses, grade schools, colleges, churches, high rise buildings, and homes. The damage was so excessive that it caused the city to lose thousands of jobs in a city where there was a shortage of jobs prior to the hurricanes damage.