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Episode 45 - Hurricane Katrina
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English - April 15, 2018 22:03 - 1 hour - 89 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsHistory Science Social Sciences afghanistan bhopal english history london peshtigo rwanda army champawat chinese Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 44- Napoleon's Invasion of Russia - Part II
Next Episode: Episode 45a - Charmed Times
On August 29, 2005, Louisiana and Mississippi were hit by the full force of Hurricane Katrina, a Category 3 storm that had been a Category 5. Lashing New Orleans with wind and rain, the storm surge caused all 53 federally-built levees to collapse inundating the city with water from the surrounding sea and lakes. Close to 2,000 people died including residents trapped in their attics and patients in hospitals. Thousands of people were left trapped on their roofs with no food or drinkable water, while tens of thousands crowded into the Superdome and Convention Center, where they suffered for days.