Since Hurricane Harvey first struck Southern Texas, there has been a toll of an estimated 50 deaths since last week. From this, thousands of people from Houston and various other areas have been evacuating and heading up north to Dallas. The Neches River in Beaumont, Texas is nearly seven feet above record. Because of this, their water pressure has become very dangerous to live in so now Red Cross has been helping Beaumont citizens to evacuate as safely as possible. Their main goal from this is to go about things very cautiously and find safer alternatives to things to prevent any further deaths. President Trump is said to be visiting Houston and Louisiana Saturday, September 9th to share some support in the rebuilding of these cities.
These events are very similar to the events that occurred with Hurricane Katrina with less of a severity. During Katrina, there was a recorded 1,833 deaths during that treacherous time. It was a category 5 hurricane, which meant that it was one of the worst ones that could be recorded in history. Katrina was one of the deadliest and destructive tropical cyclone the US has ever seen.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/02/us/houston-texas-flood/index.html
Hopefully the U.S. can come together to help the affected cities recover fully. I know that places affected by Katrina are still not what they used to be and I hope that will not be the case for Harvey.
ReplyDeleteHurricane Katrina definitely had more deaths than Harvey, however in the long run I think that the damage caused by Harvey will end up costing more than Katrina did. Also, the way the two storms were handled, contributed to the differences. Harvey was handled in a much more orderly fashion in regards to evacuation.
ReplyDeleteHurricane Harvey is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, and hopefully we will all help give these evacuees a home again. Hurricane Harvey and Katrina were both very deadly and will both make large impacts on U.S. history, but the damage caused by Harvey costs more than Katrina. We can all contribute to help by donating survival kits, food, and clothes.
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