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    This document discusses hurricanes, including their causes, types, impacts and mitigation strategies. It provides a case study on Hurricane Katrina which struck Louisiana in 2005. Some key points are: - Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form over warm ocean waters and are categorized by wind speed. - They are caused by the release of latent heat from the condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere. - Impacts include storm surge, high winds, flooding, property damage, health issues and economic losses. - Mitigation involves preparing emergency kits, securing homes, following evacuation orders and rebuilding infrastructure to be more resilient.

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    This document discusses hurricanes, including their causes, types, impacts and mitigation strategies. It provides a case study on Hurricane Katrina which struck Louisiana in 2005. Some key points are: - Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form over warm ocean waters and are categorized by wind speed. - They are caused by the release of latent heat from the condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere. - Impacts include storm surge, high winds, flooding, property damage, health issues and economic losses. - Mitigation involves preparing emergency kits, securing homes, following evacuation orders and rebuilding infrastructure to be more resilient.

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    This document discusses hurricanes, including their causes, types, impacts and mitigation strategies. It provides a case study on Hurricane Katrina which struck Louisiana in 2005. Some key points are: - Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form over warm ocean waters and are categorized by wind speed. - They are caused by the release of latent heat from the condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere. - Impacts include storm surge, high winds, flooding, property damage, health issues and economic losses. - Mitigation involves preparing emergency kits, securing homes, following evacuation orders and rebuilding infrastructure to be more resilient.

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    Institute of Technology of Cambodia

    Department of Rural Engineering

    Hurricane
    Lecturer: Mrs. Hak Danet
    Department of Rural
    Prepared by: Engineering
    Group 4
    Group’s members
    1. Chea Sokthearith (e20130040)
    2. Mak Vanchhuoy (e20130413)
    3. Sok Pannha (e20130728)
    4. Hour Vengseang (e20130219)
    5. Nov Pagna (e20130511)
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    Content
    1. Introduction
    2. Type of Hurricanes
    3. Cause of Hurricane
    4. Outcomes of A Hurricane
    5. Impact of hurricane
    6. Solution and mitigation
    7. Case Study (Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana (USA) )
    8. Conclusion
    9. References

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    Introduction
    • Definition: A hurricane is a type of serious
    swirling storm called a tropical cyclone,
    which forms over tropical or subtropical
    waters.

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    Type of Hurricane
    • Category 1: Winds 119-153 km/hr (74-95 mph) - faster than a cheetah
    • Category 2: Winds 154-177 km/hr (96-110 mph) - as fast or faster than a baseball
    pitcher's fastball
    • Category 3: Winds 178-208 km/hr (111-129 mph) - similar, or close, to the serving
    speed of many professional tennis players
    • Category 4: Winds 209-251 km/hr (130-156 mph) - faster than the world's fastest
    rollercoaster
    • Category 5: Winds more than 252 km/hr (157 mph) - similar, or close, to the speed
    of some high-speed trains

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    Causes of Hurricane
    Hurricanes occur because their source of energy is water vapor, which is evaporated
    from the ocean surface. It releases the latent heat of condensation when it condenses to
    form clouds and rain, warming the surrounding air. The heat was absorbed by the water
    vapor when it was evaporated from the warm ocean surface, so the warm ocean cools
    down; a hurricane is like the Earth's air condition that helps to cool the Earth.

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    Outcomes of A Hurricane
    • Storm surge and tidal flooding
    • High Winds
    • Tornadoes
    • Heavy rain and flooding

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    Impact of Hurricane
    • Social impacts:
    • It left people homeless, stranded and unemployed.
    • Make people die.
    • The effects on the people were devastating. Food and fresh water was so
    scarce that people were forced to the streets, which resulted in violence, racial
    aggression, theft and murder.
    • Health issue

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    Impact of Hurricane (Cont)
    • Economic impacts
    • It’s main effect is to retard development. A flood stricken area must first be
    restored to normal before any development can take place. Restoration takes
    time.
    • The damage done is incalculable
    • In addition to the directly determinable losses may be added to the indirect
    potential losses. This results from lack of productivity in many areas i.e
    business, commerce, trade etc.
    • All these losses can wipe out whatever gains that may have been achieved in
    economic development.

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    Impact of Hurricane (Cont)
    • Environmental Impact:
    Hurricanes generate strong winds that can completely defoliate forest canopies
    and cause dramatic structural changes in wooded ecosystems. Animals can either
    be killed by hurricanes or impacted indirectly through changes in habitat and
    food availability caused by high winds, storm surge, and intense rainfall.

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    Mitigation
    • Families and individuals
    • Empower Your Household (Emergency Telephone Numbers, First Aid skill,
    Home Hazards awareness)
    • Assemble a Disaster Supplies Kit (Water, Food, Bedding, Clothing, First Aid
    Kit, Special Items, Radio, Telephones, Money etc.)
    • Create a Disaster Plan (Gather and Share Information, Meet with Neighbors,
    Other Planning Measures)
    • Secure Your Home (Retrofitting)
    • Preparing During a Hurricane Watch (Tv, Radio, Evacuation plan, Refill car
    tank)

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    Solution
    • Rebuilding Communities
    • Repairing and Strengthening Infrastructure
    • Rebuilding natural protection
    • Engineering a new levee system
    • Restoring Transportation, Shipping, Public Buildings and Re-Opening Ports
    • Restoring Energy and Water
    • Rebuilding the Economy, Protecting Workers
    • Restoring the Environment and Parks
    • Providing Health Care, Social Services, Food and Education

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    Case study: Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana
    Most costly disaster in 2005
    ≈ $108 Billion
    • Category 5 (175 mph, or
    280 km/h)
    • August 23rd to August
    30th, 2005
    • Affected some 90,000
    square miles of the United
    States
    • ≈1,800 fatalities
    200,000 homes destroyed
    • 800,000 displaced
    • 80% of New Orleans Was
    Flooded by Hurricane
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    Katrina
    Mitigation
    80% of New
    Orleans is
    below sea level

    • Man-made Levees and Floodwalls


    • Hurricane Warning Days in Advance:
    o Initially predicted as a level 2 hurricane,

    (but turned into a level 5 overnight)


    o Approximately 85% of Population

    evacuated
    • Mayor opened the Superdome for voluntary
    evacuation
    • Designated evacuation routes.
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    Solution: National
    500 Different
    Organizations

    • Delivered materials
    o Food, water, ice, medicine
    • Dealt with bodies/ mortuary
    • Medical services
    • Search and rescue
    • $50 billion in aid was
    given by the
    government.

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    Solution: International
    Several
    donations include
    Oman: Pledged $15
    million
    Japan: $800,000 worth of tents
    Denmark: Water and emergency supplies, but one
    individual donated $1 million of
    purification units his own.

    Russia: First country to Poland: Made offers of


    offer assistance. help and assistance
    Supplies and rescue
    team Philippines: Offered to
    sent a 25 team of aid And many more!
    workers and Red Cross
    donated $25,000
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    Solution After:
    • Improved Levee and Floodwall
    System (560 km of Levees and
    Floodwalls)
    • Diverted water from Mississippi
    River to rebuild wetlands
    • Established a network of back-up warehouses which are
    enough to feed and shelter 350,000 residents

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    CONCLUSION
    To sum up, hurricane is such an extreme natural disaster and it spread out many bad
    impacts. However, we still have some solution and mitigation to deal with its
    impacts. Significantly, people should know the preparedness and the mitigation to
    hurricane. Lastly, we cannot stop hurricane but we can still reduce and prevent its
    serious impact to us.

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    References
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/natural_hazards/hurricanes_re
    v1.shtml

    http://www.history.com/topics/hurricane-katrina

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone

    http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshws.php

    http://www.binglebogfacts.com/hurricane-katrina-facts/

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