Question

Based on the information and images from the articles, fill in the following chart about why New Orleans was so badly damaged compared to the other communities in the Gulf region.

Answer 1

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one of the factor that contributed to the severe damage that new Orleans experienced as a result of Hurricane Katrina was: (C) Many of the cities parishes were built on land that was below sea level.

The hurricane also affect the direction of the wind flow that came from the sea, so for the cities below sea level, they have to face the both the danger of the moving hurricane and the floods that came from the sea.

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Answer 2

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Reason 1: The failure of the levees allowed water to rush into the city. Engineers originally designed the levees to withstand a direct hit from a level three hurricane, but Katrina was a level four hurricane.

Reason 2: New Orleans is a city located below sea level. As a result, any water that made it through the damaged levee inundated the city and was held in place by the remaining levee walls.

Reason 3: New Orleans sits on the Gulf of Mexico coast and is directly between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. So, once the levees failed, water rushed into the city, and within 24 hours of Katrina making landfall, 80 percent of New Orleans became flooded.