August 29th, 2005
21 years since
Hurricane Katrina
1,836 deaths704,000 displaced$161.0B damage (2024 USD)
21 years ago today, in United States, hurricane Katrina.
Category 5 hurricane causing levee failures and catastrophic flooding in New Orleans; defining failure of federal emergency response.
Source: Hurricane Katrina · Wikipedia.
What it caused
- Federal Response Failure to Hurricane Katrinaexposed by
- Executive Order on Gulf Coast Recovery (E.O. 13390)caused
- Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS Act)caused
- Federal Emergency Management Agencyfailed during
- National Response Plan (Final)failed during
- Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006caused
- Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA)influenced
- Presidential Policy Directive 8 — National Preparednessinfluenced
- White House Townsend Report on Katrina (Lessons Learned)generated
- House Select Bipartisan Committee Report on Katrina (A Failure of Initiative)generated
- Hurricane Ritainfluenced