Compare And Contrast Hurricane Katrina And Hurricane Harvey

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Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey Recent Hurricanes have wreaked havoc on the southern portions of the United States. The hurricanes have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina and hurricane Harvey have a lot in common and have a lot of differences including flooding, high wind speed, high damage costs and massive rescue efforts.
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most expensive hurricanes it cost over 100 billion dollars in damage while hurricane Harvey only cost about seventy billion in damage. Hurricane Katrina was formed from a tropical depression over the Bahamas. New Orleans was at risk when Katrina hit because the city’s average altitude is negative six feet below sea level.