Storm that drowned a city
By: written, produced, and directed by Caroline Penry-Davey, Peter Chinn ; a Pioneer production for Nova in association with WGBH/Boston, Five, Spiegel TV and Arte ; executive producer for Pioneer Productions, Mike Beckham
Contributors: Pioneer Productions; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.); Five (Firm); Spiegel TV; ARTE France; WGBH Video (Firm)
Publisher: WGBH Boston Video
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Natural disasters; Emergency management; Hurricane protection; Hurricanes
Other titles: Hurricane Katrina :; Nova (Television program)
Description: Featuring eyewitness testimony, Nova takes an in-depth look at what made Hurricane Katrina so deadly and analyzes how, despite technically sophisticated flood and storm defenses, this event has resulted in unprecedented destruction for the Gulf Coast. In less than 12 hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Louisiana coast, leading to more than a thousand deaths and transforming a city of over one million into an uninhabitable swamp. "Storm That Drowned a City" is NOVA's definitive investigation into the science of Hurricane Katrina, combining a penetrating analysis of what went wrong with a dramatic, minute-by-minute unfolding of events told through eyewitness testimony. What made this storm so deadly? Will powerful hurricanes like Katrina strike more often? How accurately did scientists predict its impact, and why did the levees protecting New Orleans fail?
Notes: Originally broadcast on Nova in 2005.

Documentary.

Special features: Printable PDF material for educators, access to the NOVA website (requires DVD-ROM capability).

Narrator, Neil Ross ; editors, Huw Jenkins, Francis Robertson, Elliot McCaffrey ; camera, Robert Bock ... [et al.] ; music, Guy Dagul.

Not rated.

DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital, NTSC, letterboed.

Closed-captioned ; described video for the visually impaired.
Table of contents: title: A killer storm; title: Countdown to Katrina; title: Civilization breaking down; title: Why levees failed.