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8 million gallons of oil spills were leaked into the nearby waterways harming the ecosystem of the gulf coast and additionally causing destruction to the habitat.
One of the most damaging hurricanes in American history, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Louisiana coast on August 29, 2005. Nearly 92,000 miles of the Gulf Coast were affected by Katrina, a Category 3 storm that made landfall with gusts of above 120 mph. Over 800,000 people were forced to leave their homes as a consequence of the destruction, which cost upwards of $81 billion. Around 1,800 people lost their lives as a result of the damage. Nearly 8 million gallons of oil were leaked into nearby waterways as a result of oil spills from three different refineries, further harming the ecosystems in the area. Another regrettable effect of Hurricane Katrina was the destruction of habitats along the Gulf coast.
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