Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans: Difference between revisions

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The immediate [[International response to Hurricane Katrina|response from many nations]] was to ask to be allowed to send in self-sustaining [[Search and rescue|SAR]] teams to assist in evacuating those stranded. [[France]] [[French response to Hurricane Katrina|had a range]] of aircrafts and two naval ships standing ready in the [[Caribbean]]. [[Russia]] [[Russian response to Hurricane Katrina|offered four jets]] with rescuers, equipment, food and medicine, but their help was declined. [[Germany]] had offered airlifting, vaccination, water purification, medical supplies including German air force hospital planes, emergency electrical power and pumping services, their offer was noted and on September 4 they recieved a formal request. Similarly, [[Sweden]] [[Swedish response to Hurricane Katrina|waited until September 12]] for a formal request to send a military cargo plane with three complete [[Global System for Mobile Communications|GSM]] systems, water sanitation equipment, and experts.[http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/katrina.world.aid/] [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1699664,00.html?maca=en-tagesschau_englisch-335-rdf-mp]

In hindsightUltimately, the death toll was not in thousands, as Mayor Nagin claimed, but was much smaller, less than arather thousand1003.

Some British tourists trapped in a New Orleans hotel have accused the authorities of preferential treatment for Americans during the evacuation as Katrina approached.[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1562517,00.html]