Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

by Don Brown

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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism, and courage--and also of incompetence, racism, and criminality.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780544157774
ISBN10	054415777X
Series/Work	OL19669736W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	HMH Books for Young Readers
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

Subjects

age:max:undefined age:min:12 award:Sibert_award Comic books, strips Disasters Disasters, juvenile literature Disaster victims grade:max:9 grade:min:7 Graphic novels Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Hurricane Katrina (2005) fast (OCoLC)fst01755264 Hurricanes Hurricanes, juvenile literature Juvenile literature lexile:920 lexile_code:GN lexile_range:901-1000 New orleans (la.), history Racism

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