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The paradox of water is that it sustains life but can also cause death when it becomes a carrier of deadly microbes or takes the form of a tsunami, flash flood, storm, or hurricane.
Concern that the levees might break in the midst of a powerful hurricane was widespread among scientists, engineers, and emergency-preparedness experts.
Yet Bush apparently did not know of these concerns, even days after the hurricane destroyed the levees and flooded the city.
There is a simple fact on display here, one that goes well beyond this particular hurricane, and even this particular president.
While there is no scientific way to link a particular hurricane such as Katrina to the long-term trend – in the sense that Katrina might have been bad luck rather than a sign of manmade climate change – the energy of hurricanes throughout the world has been rising markedly.
The biggest change, however, has been in the duration of hurricanes: how many days each hurricane lasts.
The total energy of a hurricane is found by multiplying the intensity of the hurricane by its duration.
Indeed, Hurricane Katrina was the third most intense hurricane ever to make landfall in the US.
I recently compared this situation to that of a hurricane zone like the Florida Keys.
But that (and other hurricane planning) also draws more residents.
If a hurricane hits, those residents may still panic – especially if buildings prove less reliable than anticipated.
In 2005, the most severe hurricane season ever witnessed in the Atlantic devastated New Orleans and broke records in terms of the number and intensity of storms.
Preventive measures to protect people and property were not carried out despite FEMA’s own conclusion in 2001 that a major hurricane hitting New Orleans was one of the three “likeliest, most catastrophic disasters facing this country.”
And in September, at a time of deepening economic hardship, hurricane Maria dealt the island and its residents an even more devastating blow, the legacy of which will be measured in years, if not decades.
Hurricanes’ Unnatural TollPRINCETON – The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which officially began on June 1 and will end on November 30, is likely to be the most expensive on record.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season adds to the mounting evidence in support of that prediction.
The same was true when Argentina's economy collapsed last year, when violence wracked Haiti and a hurricane ravaged Honduras before that, and whenever floods submerge villages in Bangladesh.
After Hurricane Gilbert, remittances increased by 25 cents for each dollar of hurricane damage that households incurred.
Or maybe the damage from the hurricane was simply too large for migrants to cover completely.
Today’s world is one of fast-changing currents, where a region flourishes one day, and the next its factories collapse economically as if hit by hurricane Katrina.
Three days after the hurricane hit, the hospital had no electricity, the water supply had failed, and toilets could no longer be flushed.
We know that in a complex system, the proverbial butterfly flapping its wings on one continent can cause a hurricane on another.
During the 2004 hurricane season, the Dominican Republic, which has invested in hurricane shelters and emergency evacuation networks, suffered fewer than ten deaths.
Some, like AIDS, are chronic; others, like earthquakes or hurricane Katrina, are sudden displays of natural force.
These factors clearly played a role, but, overall, if a body of scientifically inclined people from the inner city had been involved in flood control and evacuation planning, the consequences of hurricane Katrina would certainly have been managed more effectively.
The existing electricity grid has substantially collapsed, with the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) estimating that up to 90% of the transmission system may have been destroyed by the hurricane.
Hu’s ChanceChinese President Hu Jintao’s upcoming visit to the United States, postponed following hurricane Katrina, will be different from previous bilateral meetings.
The EU’s Appeasement of RussiaOnce again, Ukraine is in the eye of a political hurricane.
Meanwhile, Central American countries are still cleaning up from the shock of Hurricane Mitch, the worst hurricane to hit Central America in 200 years.
In both El Nino and the hurricane, increased outbreaks of infectious disease followed natural disasters.
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