1. Section 1 1 Introduction 1 Section 2 2 Drought Hazard Profile 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Section 1 1 Introduction 1

2. Section 2 2 Drought Hazard Profile 1

2.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

2.2 Disaster History 1

2.3 Probability of Occurrence and Magnitude 2

2.4 Sources of Information 2

3. Section 3 3 Earthquake Profile 1

3.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

3.2 Disaster History 1

3.3 Probability of Occurrence 5

3.4 Magnitude and Intensity 6

3.5 Sources of Information 8

4. Section 4 4 Flooding Hazard Profile 1

4.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

4.2 Disaster History 1

4.3 Probability of Occurrence and Magnitude 3

4.4 Sources of Information 3

5. Section 5 5 Hailstorm Hazard Profile 1

5.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

5.2 Disaster History 1

5.3 Probability of Occurrence and Magnitude 1

5.4 Severity 2

5.5 Sources of Information 2

6. Section 6 6 Hurricane Hazard Profile 1

6.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

6.2 Disaster History 1

6.3 Frequency of Occurrence and Magnitude 13

6.4 Sources of Information 14

7. Section 7 7 Land Failure Hazard Profile 1

7.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

7.2 Disaster History 2

7.3 Rate of Occurrence 2

7.4 Severity 5

7.5 Sources of Information 5

8. Section 8 8 Severe Winter Weather Hazard Profile 1

8.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

8.2 Disaster History 1

8.3 Probability of Occurrence and Severity 1

8.4 Sources of Information 2

9. Section 9 9 Tornado Hazard Profile 1

9.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

9.2 Disaster History 1

9.3 Frequency of Occurrence and Intensity 2

9.4 Sources of Information 3

10. Section 10 10 Wildfire Profile 1

10.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

10.2 Frequency of Occurrence 1

10.3 Magnitude 2

10.4 Sources of Information 2

11. Section 11 11 Dam and Levee Failure Hazard Profile 1

11.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

11.2 Disaster History 2

11.3 Severity 2

11.4 Sources of Information 3

12. Section 12 12 Hazardous Materials Hazard Profile 1

12.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

12.2 Disaster History 2

12.3 Frequency of Occurrence 5

12.4 Severity 5

12.5 Sources of Information 6

13. Section 13 13 Natural Biohazards Hazard Profile 1

13.1 Nature of the Hazard 1

13.2 Disaster History 2

13.3 Rate of Occurrence and Severity 3

13.4 Sources of Information 8

Map 1: Hydrologic Drought 3

Map 2: Louisiana Earthquake Hazard Map 3

Map 3: Louisiana 100-Year Flood Zones 5

Map 4: Category 3 Hurricane Storm Surge Inundation 3

Map 5: Category 5 Hurricane Storm Surge Inundation 5

Map 6: Category 3 Inland Wind Decay 7

Map 7: Historical Hurricane Tracks, 1851-2001 11

Map 8: Louisiana Coastal Vulnerability Index 3

Map 9: Louisiana Hazardous Materials Planning Zones. 3

Map 10: West Nile Human Cases, 2002 5

Table 1: Disposition of Hazards Evaluated in Preliminary Investigation 1

Table 2: Drought Classification Definitions 1

Table 3: Earthquake Magnitude / Intensity Comparison 6

Table 4: Number of Presidential Flood Declarations by Parish 2

Table 5: Top 10 National Hailstorm Events, 1994-2000 1

Table 6: Louisiana Hurricane Historic Facts 9

Table 7: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale 13

Table 8: Frequency of Hurricanes Passing Within 80 Miles of New Orleans, Louisiana 13

Table 9: Mean Annual Subsidence Coded by Geology, 1985-1991 1

Table 10: Mean Annual Subsidence Coded by Soils, 1985-1991 1

Table 11: Top 20 States for Number of Tornadoes, Fatalities, Injuries, and Damages, 1950 to 1994 2

Table 12: Fujita Tornado Measurement Scale and Frequencies in Louisiana 3

Table 13: Forest Fires and Acres Burned 1

Table 14: Total Acres Burned by Month and Year 2

Table 15: Dams with Emergency Action Plans by Hazard Potential 3

Table 16: Louisiana Hazardous Materials Complains and Spills by Month, 2000-2002. 5

Table 17: Reportable Communicable Diseases in Louisiana, 1998. 2

Table 18: Other Infectious Diseases in Louisiana, 1997-1999 7

Figure 1: World Distribution of Dengue, CDC - 2000. 7

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