ESA - Eduspace EN - Natural Disasters - Storm surges

Earthquakes

Introduction Izmit earthquake

Floods

Thessaloniki (Greece)

Hurricanes

Storm surges

Hurricane Katrina

Volcanoes

Introduction Andean Volcanic Belt Etna Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira

Article Images

Storm surges

Back to article

Hurricane Katrina as seen by Envisat's MERIS

Download:

HI-RES JPEG (Size: 41 kb)

Hurricane Katrina, as seen by Envisat's MERIS in Reduced Resolution mode, off southern Florida on 25 August 2005, when it was still classified as Category One on the Saffir-Simpson scale which measures hurricane intensity. The storm caused great damage after landfall, mostly due to heavy rainfall and flooding.

Credits: ESA

Back to article

New Orleans flooded in the days following Katrina

Download:

HI-RES JPEG (Size: 598 kb)

Credits: NOAA

Storm surges

Hurricane Katrina

Introduction

Exercises

Exercise 1: Spiraling Hurricane Katrina from cloud tops to ocean waves Exercise 2: Visualising and examining flooded areas in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina