Hurricane Katrina

Question 1

When did it occur?

Answer 1

August 2005

Question 2

What category was the hurricane?

Answer 2

5

Question 3

When did the first storm develop and where?

Answer 3

23rd August over the Bahamas

Question 4

When was Katrina upgraded to a category 4?

Answer 4

28th August

Question 5

What were sustained wind speeds at?

Answer 5

280 km/hour

Question 6

What were gusts of wind at?

Answer 6

345 km/hour

Question 7

When were advanced warnings in place by?

Answer 7

26th August

Question 8

What did President Bush declare and when?

Answer 8

a state of emergency on 27th August in Louisiana/Alabama/Mississippi

Question 9

Where does New Orleans lie?

Answer 9

Gulf Coast of USA

Question 10

How many hurricanes have there been since 1924?

Answer 10

33

Question 11

Why do the flood controls mean the city is at risk?

Answer 11

the original flood control measures had resulted in the shrinkage of soils, meaning over 50% of land was below sea level

Question 12

What failure was inevitable?

Answer 12

levee

Question 13

When was the evacuation plan drawn up?

Answer 13

19 hours before Katrina would hit

Question 14

How many people remained mainly by choice?(000,000)

Answer 14

150,000

Question 15

What size was the storm surge that came?

Answer 15

up to 10 metres high in places

Question 16

How many became refugees?(000,000,000)

Answer 16

1 million

Question 17

How many states had refugees registered?

Answer 17

all 50 states

Question 18

What percentage of New Orleans was submerged by water?

Answer 18

80%

Question 19

How many homes were flooded?(000,000)

Answer 19

110,000 out of 180,000

Question 20

How many homes were badly damaged?(00,000)

Answer 20

55,000

Question 21

What sized area was declared a disaster zone?

Answer 21

233,000 km squared

Question 22

How many fatalities?(0,000)

Answer 22

1,242

Question 23

Why did limited amount of people die?

Answer 23

USA had the infrastructure

Question 24

What was an immediate effect of oil installations being destroyed?

Answer 24

price of oil shot up, petrol in UK was £1 per litre for the first time

Question 25

What was the financial costs?

Answer 25

$200 billion

Question 26

What did the US senate authorise?

Answer 26

a bill assigning $10.5 billion in aid

Question 27

How many did coastguards rescue?

Answer 27

33,000 out of 60,000

Question 28

How much in aid for victims?

Answer 28

$62.3 billion

Question 29

What did the storm surge cause?

Answer 29

Beach erosion - devastating coastal areas