The Environmental Health Impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans

Hurricane Katrina caused unprecedented flood damage to New Orleans, Louisiana, and has been the costliest hurricane in US history. We analyzed the environmental and public health outcomes of Hurricane Katrina by using Internet searches to identify epidemiological, sociodemographic, and toxicological measurements provided by regulatory agencies.Atmospheric scientists have now warned that global warming will increase the proportion of stronger hurricanes (categories 4-5) by 25% to 30% compared with weaker hurricanes (categories 1-2).With the new $14.6 billion Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System providing a 100-year storm surge-defensive wall across the Southeast Louisiana coast, New Orleans will be ready for stronger storms in the future.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:110

Enthalten in:

American journal of public health - 110(2020), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 1480-1484

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Diaz, James H [VerfasserIn]
Brisolara, Kari F [VerfasserIn]
Harrington, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Chih-Yang [VerfasserIn]
Katner, Adrienne L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gasoline
Hazardous Substances
Journal Article
Metals, Heavy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 10.11.2020

Date Revised 03.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2105/AJPH.2020.305809

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313903867