What is the number 1 safety tip for surviving a hurricane?
What is the number 1 safety tip for surviving a hurricane? Stay away from windows—you could get hurt by pieces of broken glass or flying debris during a storm. Stay in a room with no windows, or go inside a closet. Be ready to leave.
Can two hurricanes collide?
If the storms are of similar strength, they will be pulled to each other, spin around each other and then go on their own paths. It can result in two smaller hurricanes merging into one larger storm, but this is rare, the weather service says.
Why was Katrina so bad?
During and after Hurricane Katrina, many of those levees and floodwalls were overtopped and several were breached, allowing billions of gallons of water from the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Borgne, and Lake Pontchartrain to flow into New Orleans and flood major portions of the city.
How many people died in Katrina?
Hurricane Katrina was a devastating Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,836 fatalities and damage estimated between $97.4 billion to $145.5 billion in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area.