Consequences of the Katrina hurricane on New-Orleans

The consequences of the Katrina hurricane on La Nouvelle-Orléans were disastrous.

The August 29th 2005, the Ouragan Katrina, predicted and followed by the services of weather falls down on the coasts of Louisiana to the the United States.

The August 30th 2005, one day after the passage of the Hurricane Katrina, 80% of the town of La Nouvelle-Orléans is flooded. The flood was caused by two breaches of the system of seven meters height dam which protects the city built under the sea level, surrounded by the the Mississippi with the south and the Lac Pontchartrain in north.

The Thursday the 1st er September 2005 at the evening, of the units of the National guard of the US Army arrive on the spot to prevent plunderings, which spread, with order from drawing to kill.

Many collections of funds are organized in the United States in favor of the victims of the hurricane With the October 5th 2005, the assessment, always nonfinal gives a report on 1.209 dead. What is sure it is that the victims of the hurricane by its direct and indirect effects (water pollution, etc) amount per thousands.

The United States accepted the assistance of UNO.

The chief of the police force announced his resignation the September 27th 2005 and 250 police officers on a total staff complement of 1.700 could face disciplinary actions for failure with their duties during and after the passage of Katrina.

The mayor of the city announced the October 5th 2005 the dismissal of 3.000 employees of the city for budgetary reasons.

The president George W. Bush is shown not to have reacted rather quickly and to be itself returned too late with La Nouvelle-Orléans.

End January 2006, according to the Louisiana Weekly , the center of the city counted 144.000 inhabitants. This figure is to be compared with the almost 500.000 recorded before the hurricane. It should reach the 181.000 in September 2006 and the 247.000 two years later. The fact that the population of the city was evacuated changed the ethnic composition of the city, New-Orleans which was a city with black majority became a white city.

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