Hurricane Katrina: The Tragedy of New Orleans.0:18
On Tuesday the 23rd of August, 2005, a tropical storm formed over the Bahamas, about 560 kilometers east of Miami, Florida.0:32
By the 25th of August, the storm had strengthened and become Hurricane Katrina.0:45
Residents of the city of New Orleans had no idea that within days, 80% of their city would be underwater in one of the worst disasters in US history.0:53
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most powerful storms that has ever hit the Atlantic coast, with winds of over 270 km/h .1:07
As it became stronger over the Gulf of Mexico, the mayor of New Orleans declared a state of emergency.1:19
And started evacuating the city.1:27
When the eye of the storm missed the city by about 72 km, everyone thought the worst was over, but they were very wrong.1:31
New Orleans has always been under threat from flooding.1:42
With the Mississippi River on two sides, Lake Pontchartrain to the north, and most of the city 150 to 300 meters below sea level, A series of high walls, called levees, protect it.1:46
As the hurricane came ashore, it brought an 800-meter-high storm surge that rode the rivers up to New Orleans and smashed through the levees.2:02
Over a million residents had already left the city, but tens of thousands, mainly the elderly and the poor, were in temporary shelters.2:14
As the waters rose, people were begging for help on roofs, and neighborhoods were suffering from looting and violence.2:25
Emergency services struggled to cope.2:34
Eventually, the military and the National Guard moved into the city and began to get food and water to the desperate few that remained.2:38
After 43 days, army engineers pumped the last of the floodwater out of the city.2:48
Almost 1,500 people had lost their lives because of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans alone.2:56
These days, New Orleans is making a slow recovery.3:05
The city has improved the levees.3:09
The community is rebuilding itself.3:12
And everyone is working hard to make sure that nothing like this will ever happen again.3:14
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