Hurricaine Katrina Quiz

Question	Answer	Further info
Date hurricane struck land?		dd.mm.yyyy
Main area affected?		0
What category hurricane was Katrina?		type in category then number
Height of storm surge? (meters)		0
Height of floods after? (meters)		Worsened by the shape of the area
Number of levee breaches?		0
Percentage of area flooded?		0
People sought refuge mainly in....		Social factor as the local teams could not continue with games
A lot of people stayed.....		This increased number of deaths
Number of people made homeless?		0

Question	Answer	Further info
Number of people killed?		0
Cost of damages? (in billion dollars)		MEDC area cost more to repair but have less deaths
Flooding causes 1		Low pressure can cause this anyway however hurricaines make this worse
Flooding causes 2		0
Solution 1		Instant help to prevent more water entering the area
Solution 2		Coastguards did this to prevent further deaths
Solution 3		Given to victims to help with future survival
Solution 4		So that victims have a place to stay (long term)
Solution 5		To prevent disease and further drowning
Main water bourne disease to kill people		only 8 people killed by this in Katrina however in Haiti 3750 people have been killed by cholera and is still rising

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