Case study for coastal flooding - New Orlands

Question 1

Describe a hurricane (Flooding coasts)

Answer 1

Large rotating tropical storm centred around low pressure with sustained wind speeds

Question 2

How fast is the wind speed of an hurricane? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 2

In excess of 120 km/p

Question 3

What are hurricanes called in the Indian ocean? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 3

Cyclones

Question 4

What are hurricanes called in the Pacific ocean? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 4

Typhoons

Question 5

What temperature does the ocean have to be to form a hurricane? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 5

27 or higher

Question 6

Why did New Orlands suffer so badly? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 6

Bowl snapped, the water could not drain

Question 7

What category hurricane were the leaves designed to withstand? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 7

Category 3, Katrina was 5

Question 8

In how many places did the leaves breech? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 8

50 different places

Question 9

What was the impact wetland destruction had on New Orlands? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 9

80% of New Orlands wetland was lost due to urbanisation

Question 10

What were the physical impacts of hurricane Katrina? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 10

• 80% of the city flooded
• Chemical plants blew over
• 10,000 barrels of oil released into the area
• Salt water contamination

Question 11

What were the socio-economic impacts of hurricane Katrina? (Flooding coasts)

Answer 11

• 1,800 died
• 3 million without electricity for 1 week
• Massive reduction in tourism
• Criminal gangs roamed the streets