Extreme climate in USA

Extreme meteorology is tipical in USA. We can find from hurricanes, tyohoons or tropical storms to earthquakes.

New Orleans after the Katrina

USA is the country with the best number of hurricanes per year. In 2012, one of the most destructive years since we have registers, is known due to have the biggest hurricane of the history. This hurricane, called 'Sandy', was the second more destroyer in all the history in USA, while the first was the Katrina. The problem of a hurricane isn't also the strong winds. Hurricanes bring with them floods, that produce an 70/80% of all the damages. Huracan Katrina, which was formed in the Bahamas in 2005, go in to USA from Florida, taking direction to New Orleans, where the protection systems failed. This city was destroyed in an 80% of its totallity. All the damage in USA was traduced by around 108k million of dollars.

San Andres fault

South western part of USA is a zone of inestability refering to tectonics. California is the State that suffers the biggest number of Earthquakes in USA. San Andres Fault is a tipical example of the damages that can be made by the tectonic movements. San Francisco is called 'The slope city' because of the depresions caused by te earthcakes. There are also warthcuakes in the other part of USA. In Virginia, there was a catastrophic earthquake in 2011, with a magnitude of 5.1 in Richter scale, producing a national panic, wich make evacuating some importants buildings like the pentagon


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