Hurricane Katrina had a lot of impact on the children who witnessed it. They are more affected and emotionally disturbed. They are more almost up to 4.5 times affected than the children who were in the area when everything was normal. This has been known by a new research. Emotional issues, hyperactivity, conduct disorders were some of the problems that were found in the children that were affected by the disaster. The parents had told about this. They also mentioned about the trauma their kids were in.
Hurricane Katrina had took place five years ago and it disrupted many people as their houses were flooded away. Over 1.5 million residents of the Gulf Coast had to face the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. Recently, Dr. Irwin Redlener was researching on how people are coping up with the situation. He also examined the progress of the economy and infrastructure. He basically checked the status of the people and society that is now after the five years of the disaster. He found that there were still psychological disturbance and people had difficulty in living. Hurricane Katrina had an immense effect on the society that people are leading instable lives with problems of improper housing. One can imagine how disastrous the hurricane Katrina would have been.
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