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Hurricane Katrina, the storm that drowned a city, a Pioneer production for Nova in association with WGBH/Boston

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Hurricane Katrina, the storm that drowned a city, a Pioneer production for Nova in association with WGBH/Boston
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not Rated
Main title
Hurricane Katrina
Medium
videorecording
Responsibility statement
a Pioneer production for Nova in association with WGBH/Boston
Runtime
56
Series statement
NovaWGBHPBS
Sub title
the storm that drowned a city
Summary
Featuring eyewitness testimony, Nova takes an in-depth look at what made Hurricane Katrina so deadly and analyzes how, despite technically sophisticated flood and storm defenses, this event has resulted in unprecedented destruction for the Gulf Coast. In less than 12 hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana coast, leading to more than a thousand deaths and transforming a city of over one million into an uninhabitable swamp. "Storm That Drowned a City" is NOVA's definitive investigation into the science of Hurricane Katrina, combining a penetrating analysis of what went wrong with a dramatic, minute-by-minute unfolding of events told through eyewitness testimony. What made this storm so deadly? Will powerful hurricanes like Katrina strike more often? How accurately did scientists predict its impact, and why did the levees protecting New Orleans fail?
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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