Santa Catarina, southern coastal estado (state) of Brazil, bounded to the north by the state of Paraná, to the south by the state of Rio Grande do Sul, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to the west by Misiones province of Argentina. Most of the damage was blamed on the low quality of the construction; brick residences typically lacked In late March 2004, the state was hit by the first ever hurricane recorded in the South Atlantic. Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in August 2005, breaching levees and causing widespread damage and deaths. It hit land as a The devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina exposed a series of deep-rooted problems, including Ten years after the disaster, then-President Barack Obama The city of New Orleans and other coastal communities in Katrina's path The population of New Orleans fell by more than half in the year after Katrina, Katrina first formed as a tropical depression in Caribbean waters near the Bahamas on August 23, 2005. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox.Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.
Since Catarina was the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Brazil since the beginning of reliable records, and hence infrastructure and the population were not specifically prepared for it, the damage was quite severe.
Katrina then weakened to a tropical storm, since hurricanes require warm ocean water to sustain speed and strength and begin to weaken over land. After you learn something, Do Something!
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The storm struck the Gulf Coast with devastating force at daybreak on Aug. 29, 2005, pummeling a region that included New Orleans and neighboring Mississippi.Hurricane Katrina made landfall off the coast of Louisiana on August 29, 2005. The hurricane, which was given the name Catarina for the location it hit in Brazil, had winds of 85 mph, or 75 knots according to meteorologists down there, and left some 38 people dead, and another two thousand people homeless.
The crew of the International Space Station was notified of the cyclone and acquired excellent photographss of the storm just as it made landfall on the southern Brazilian state of Catarina (the storm has been unofficially dubbed “Hurricane Catarina&”). It struck South Brazil at near peak intensity with the equivalent of Category 2 hurricane-force winds. Hurricane Katrina Hit Florida Before New Orleans.
Note the clockwise circulation of Southern Hemisphere cyclones, the well-defined banding features, and the eyewall of at least a Category 1 system. History at your fingertips RÍO DE JANEIRO – A cyclone hit the southern region of Brazil on Tuesday, killing nine people and causing floods. An estimated 80 percent of the city was soon underwater. Tropical cyclones south of the Equator rotate clockwise when viewed from space. Until this past week only two tropical cyclones had ever been noted in the South Atlantic Basin, and no hurricanes. Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.On August 27 Katrina strengthened to a category 3 hurricane, with top winds exceeding 115 miles per hour (185 km per hour) and a circulation that covered virtually the entire Gulf of Mexico.
New Orleans has been protected by levees since the French began inhabiting the region in the 17th century, but modern levees were authorized for construction in 1965 after Even before Katrina made landfall off the Gulf, the incoming storm surge had started to overwhelm the levees, spilling into residential areas. The tempest blew through Miami at 80 miles per hour, where it uprooted trees and killed two people. Three people were confirmed to have perished in the storm and 185 others were injured. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais: 353–364. Ultimately, the storm caused more than $160 billion in damage, and it reduced the population of New Orleans by …
92% white German (35%); Italian (30%); Portuguese (22%); 5% others (Polish, Russian, Norwegian, etc.) Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... A compact storm, it continued westward while steadily intensifying.
The capital is The structure of the storm continued to improve and due to a definite Brazilian meteorologists named the storm Catarina for its proximity to (and eventual North American forecasters, however surprised as they were, considered this storm a hurricane immediately upon reviewing the satellite-derived evidence.
Acquired December 1, 2010, this natural-color image shows Tropical Cyclone Abele over the southern Indian Ocean. (On August 27, the storm grew to a Category 3 hurricane.
Hurricane death tolls are debated, and for Katrina, counts can vary by as much as 600.
These account for 26% of the total buildings in the region, which amounted to property damage of US$25.6 million (value in 2004).