I am pretty sure it would be C, to outline the goals of the government.
It caused so much damage because the rise in the water causes massive waves to hit the shores near the storm. Overland, the hurricane did a lot of damage, with powerful winds blasting the landscape. Heavy rains from the hurricane's clouds also cause flooding.
They were different because they were based on one god
Other laws in other regions were based around the idea of multiple gods so there were laws for various gods, agricultural, judicial, and similar things. The ten commandments were based around a single god which usually meant that it applied to everyone equally since they weren't followers of a whole pantheon and their differences.
A b c or d is that in this question
The us suffered from a brutal loss of soilders.