Considering your chosen topic, you did a great job discussing natural disasters and emergency management and providing data regarding the damaged caused by Hurricane Katrina. However, you did not include any charts, statistics, or actual data that was relevant to your overall problem area. I recommend that you utilize charts that illustrate and support your selected problem. You cited to the source of your data, presented a well-written, easy to read, and had very few, if any, grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors, great job.
Natural disasters have been known to cause wide spread damage and destruction of property or even loss of life. These events are caused by forces which are beyond human acts. Natural disasters might be caused by events such as flooding, volcanic eruptions hurricanes etc. natural disaster may have long term environmental and economic impacts to the community. Therefore, there is need to have very good emergency programs that are capable of reducing the impacts of natural disasters. Over the years emergency management has evolved as technology has helped overcome some of the challenges. However more needs to be done in order ensure that emergency programs does not only address immediate response but also covers long term recovery measures.
One of the worst natural disasters to have ever occurred in the history of U.S was hurricane Katrina. It is estimated to have a cost $250 billion. In New Orleans, it destroyed 300,000 homes which represented half of the damage caused. In its wake of destruction, it damaged 19 percent of oil production in the U.S which saw the prices go up by $3 a barrel. This caused economic impacts as the growth declined from 3.8 to 1.8 percent. (Kooper, 2016) Another natural disaster was japans earthquake which saw at least 28,000 people dead and over 456,000 displaced. It also damaged a nuclear plant which created radioactive leaks. Even after the leaks were stopped, it took several months to completely stop emissions. This was evident as radiations were seen in vegetables and milk. Again, this cost japan $360 billion giving a major blow to the economy. This did not only cause economic slowdown but also it presented health risks to the population. Owing to these statistics given on the two natural disasters, it is evident that natural disaster and emergency management should be highly prioritized to avoid more damage that can be evaded by proper planning. (Williams, 2016)
References
Kooper, A. (2016). Aftemath of Hurricane Katrina. Disaster prevention and management, 1-7.
Williams, M. (2016). Cost of Japans earthquake. Harvard business review, 1-14.