camille camille brushes past. then it starts on the louisiana don't. -- louisiana delta. the river, the levees are beginning to crumble under pressure of went and water. finally, the levy rakes. -- the levee breaks. time to get out. now the few who linger are running for their lives north to new orleans to safety. by late afternoon, a vast winds are touching the mississippi coast. the slow pokes are still gathering up. 100,000 people have listened and the young whoind think nothing can ever heard them. -- hurt them. the thrill seekers, the stubborn. about 6:30 p.m. in biloxi, mississippi, and at hurricane is getting to be felt here. on trees blowing, wind is increasing, the sea is churning in the gulf. it promises to be a long night in by lots of. -- by locksley. -- biloxi. and ducksuty truck's are answering the first calls for help. by 8:00, power lines are falling, starting fires, and winds are looking than out of control -- whipping them out of control. camille is causing problems. canal,he industrial another levee floods part of the city. it is 10:00 in by locksley and the eye of the storm is two hours away. the wind is strong. the rain is torrential, streets are flooded. we are cut off from the outside world. there is no power. everything is black. of the portse heavy-duty rescue teams is in trouble. rescue red has gone on one mission to many. their truck is swamped. >> abandon your machines. falling,poles are staying out now is suicide. >> all rescue units come home. >> at 11:00, a huge titldal high,sweeps in 20 feet smashing boats and collapsing buildings, wrecking everything in its path. at midnight, the eye of the hurricane crosses east and winds of 200 miles per hour complete the destruction. outside in the wind and water, people are dying. but now, there is nothing anybody can do. they called it the american riviera, the least beach in the south. t beach in the shouth. outh. now. >> hurricane winds seldom top 120 miles per hour, cami

camille br camille busette. a senior fellow in government studies. she also has appointments here at bookings in the economic policy programs. camille has dedicated her career to expanding financial opportunities for low income populations. she came here from cgap to assist the poor where she served as the lead financial sector specialist. previously she worked for the consumer financial protection bureau, u.s. government financial services regulator. she was the inaugural head of the office of financial education. to her left is diego molano. diego is an international consultant in the area of digital transformation of companies in government. he was minister of information and communication technologies through ict of columbia from 2010 to 2015. during his tenure columbia expanded all elements of the digital ecosystem. internet coverage extended to low income homes in rule areas, fiber optics and high speed networks expanded to all mu nins pal tees. every rural community with more than 100 habitats has a center. so we're very privileged to have these two panelists with us. i'm going to start off with an initial question that i'll

camille's winds were 200-miles-an-hour, found probably 200 hurricanes, and we thought camille would be the worst, as bad as a hurricane could be, one of only throw category 5 hurricanes to ever come onshore in the united states, and we planned for katrina. thinking it was the gold standard. couldn't get worse than katrina. -- i mean camille. well, katrina was much worse than camille. the winds weren't as high, but that wasn't the problem. it was the storm surge. the storm summer was the greatest storm surge ever reported in the history of meteorology according to the national weather service. i started on the first town neither their louisiana line and near the eye of the hurricane. the storm surge was more than 30 feet deep. 38 feet deep when you count the waves on top. there was not one structure left in waveland, mississippi, that hat labbable after the storm went through. every think was gone. the problem was it was also gigantic. the eye of the storm was 32 miles across when it first came onshore. which meant that at pass could gu la, the storm surge was 20 feet deep, more than 20 feet before mean sea level. that's my house built in 1850s, elevation 19, nothing left but the foundation. in fact, most people don't remember, downtown mobile flooded. from the storm surge that was generated by a storm that came on shore

camille supposedly headed toward the florida panhandle. this lady is part of a capable of changing her mind. >> people in from the weathered -- weather bureau. camille, a small but dangerous storm is shifting westward, small crafts should seek safe harbor. the emergency operating centers have artie been put on full alert. both local civil defense harrison waited for county which covers most of the mississippi coastline. as the hurricane fighters go up, the warnings go out. this is passed christian, copies and every request secure everything that is movable, all windows should be mailed and ported, a 15 figure expected. underlying areas, evacuate by new today to hattiesburg or to ask him. >> transportation will be provided and shelter. please bring all of the things you actually need and shelter. >> most people take the advice to get out. and cars start screaming north. early sunday afternoon, camille brushes past the mountains of the mississippi. at first she only blows a few shingles off the roof and then she begins ravaging the whole louisiana delta. upriver, the levees are beginning to crumble under pressure of wind and water. finally, the levee breaks. time to get out. now, the few who lingered are running for their lives. north to new orleans. by late afternoon, the best wins are touching mississippi coast, the slowpoke are still gassing up. 100,000 people have listened and left. the young thing nothing can ever hurt them. they plan to ride it out. the sightseers. the thrill seekers. it is about 6:30 p.m. sunday, mississippi, the hurricane is beginning here. you can see the palm trees are blowing, the wind is beginning to get the range entrees. nightmises to be a long in biloxi. in gulfport, have a dozen trained volunteer rescue teams and heavy-duty trucks are answering the first calls for help. >> we need an ambulance at the nicholas grove shelter. >> by 8:00, power are fall

camille, director of the brookings race, prosperity and inclusion initiative, and a senior fellow in government studies. camille has deads indicated her career, she came to brookings from cgap. previously she worked for the consumer financial protection bureau, where she served as the agency's inaugural head of the office of financial education, to her left, we have diego milano. diego is an international consultant in the area of digital transformation in companies and government. he was minister of information and communication technologies through the ict of columbia, during his tenure, not only infrastructure, but services, applications and users. fiberoptics, even those in the middle of the amazon. education, health, banking and government services were transformed. >> i'm very privileged to have these two panelists with us, i'm going to start off with an initial question that i'll direct to camille and then i'll have a question for you, diego. camille, as mentioned a moment ago, you are the director of the race, prosperity and inclusion initiative. can you explain why financial inclusion matters, including low income individuals and communities of color? >> sure, thanks for the question. i'm really happy to be here discussing financial inclusion, not only globally, but domestically, a lot of people are aware of the fact that we have 10 million people who are unbanked and another 25 million who are underbanked. meaning they don't have access to the full suite of financial services and products. what that means here is a couple 24i7ks, just generally, not having access to financial services makes it difficult to save money. and to be prepared for emergencies. but also makes it difficult to start investing and creating a foundation for wealth creation. when we don't have that, particularly in the united states where leverage is really important to building wealth and particularly i

camille, supposedly heading to the florida panhandle . perfectly capable of changing her mind. >> in from the weather bureau, camille is all but extremely dangerous, now shifting west to the mississippi coast. small craft should seek safe harbor. ♪ biloxi,lfport and emergency operating centers have put on full alert. a husband and wife team. , -- [indiscernible] julie for biloxi, the largest city. the hurricane flags go up, the warnings go out. >> the red cross shelters are being opened. gulfport, long beach and biloxi. >> bring your garbage cans inside, secure everything. tie it to fit -- all residents of the low-lying areas are advised to evacuate by noon today. to hattiesburg or jackson. >> transportation will be provided in the shelter. bring everything you need. >> most people take the advice and get out. cars start streaming north. ♪ >> early sunday afternoon, camille past the muscles of the -- the mississippi. at first she blows is some shingles off of roofs, then she ravages the dome. upriver, the levees are crumbling under pressure of wind and water. finally the levee breaks. time to get out. and the few lingered are running for their lives north to new orleans. ♪ >> by late afternoon, advanced winds are touching the mississippi coast. the slow folks are still gassing up. people have listened and left, left behind the young who think nothing and her them. the young believers -- can hurt them. the young believers who want to write it out, the thrill seekers, the stubborn -- ride it out, the thrill seekers. hurricanem., and the is really beginning to be felt here are you can see the palm trees are blowing, the rain is increasing. it is beginning to turn in the gulf. it will be a long night in biloxi. sandy hook ro and henderson point, automobile. in gulfport and biloxi, volunteer teams with heavy-duty trucks are answering the first calls for help.

camille has 190 mile per hour sustained winds. the highest winds ever recorded for a hurricane making landfall in the u.s. it demolishes waveland, mississippi, and chews through nearly all of coastal mississippi. all told, camille 259 people. august 1992, another category 5 storm. hurricane andrew barrels into south florida. andrew is the last cat 5 to hit the united states. it's been 25 years. >> it's destroyed. we were there during the hurricane. the children are terrified. having nightmares. the whole house, the roof was caving in. >> reporter: after its intense winds caused catastrophic damage in southern florida, including the destruction of about 127,000 homes, hurricane andrew moves on to louisiana. andrew takes the lives of 26 people. years pass before florida is in the bull's-eye again and it stays there. in 2004, the sunshine state is walloped by three back-to-back storms. >> she's devastating, you know, it's just -- you know, you never expect this at all. >> reporter: the first is hurricane charlie in august 2004. it makes a last-minute curve to the right, sparing tampa, and smacking port charlotte and punta gorda leveling both communities. before it's over, the category 4 storm kills 15 and causes $

camille busette. she is director of the brookings race, prosperity and inclusion initiative and a senior fellow in government studies and she also has piemts here at brookings in the economic studies and metropolitan policy programs. camille has dedicated her career to expanding financial opportunities for low-income populations. she came to brookings from c-gap, the consultative group to assist poor where she served as the organization's lead financial sector specialist. previously she worked for the consumer financial protection bureau, the u.s. government financial services regulator where she served as the agency's nominal head of the office of financial education. and then to her left we have diego molano. diego is an international consultant in the area of digital transformation of companies and government. he was minister of information and communications technologies through the ackerman ict of colombia. from 2010 to 2015. and during his sten yoour colombia expanded all the elements of the digital ecosystem, not only infrastructure but also services, applications and users. internet coverage extended to rural areas. fiberon the sxikz high-speed networks expanded to all municipalities, even those in the middle of the amazon. everywhere community with one more than 100 -- transformed with ict increasing their availability, reach and efficiency. so we're very privileged to have these two panelists with us. i'm going to start off with an initial question that i'll direct to camille and then i'll have a question for you, diego, and follow with some more. so for camille, as mentioned a moment ago, you are the director of the race, prosperity and inclusion initiative here at brookings. could you briefly explain why financial inclusion matters for traditionally marginalized communities including lowin come individuals and communities of color? >> sure. thanks for the question. and i'm really, really happy to be here discussion financial inclusion not only globally but certainly domestically. i think a lot of people are unaware of the fact that here in the u.s. we have 10 million people who are unbanked and another 25 million who are underbanked, meaning they really don't have access to the full suite of financial services and products. and what that means here is a couple of things. just generally not having access to financial services makes it very difficult to save money, obviously, and to be prepared for emergencies but also makes it very difficult to start inve