Tropical Storm: Hurricane Katrina

Question 1

Hurricane hit the central Gulf Coast in…………….

it was …… on the Saffir-Simpson scale

Answer 1

August 2005

category 5

Question 2

the three hurricanes that hit in quick succession were called:

Answer 2

Katrina, Rita and Wilma

Question 3

maximum sustained winds reached

Answer 3

175 mph

Question 4

when Katrina hit New Orleans, its flood defences (………), failed and ….% of the city flooded

Answer 4

the levees failed and 80% of the city flooded

Question 5

a total of ………. people fled New Orleans

Answer 5

600,200 people fled, most to Texas

Question 6

the American red Cross set up …… shelters

Answer 6

275 shelters

Question 7

congress approved $……… in aid within a week of the disaster

Answer 7

$10.5 billion

Question 8

many survivors relied not on government aid, but

Answer 8

on private aid as churches and strangers welcomed people and offered food and shelter

Question 9

the US govenrment was heavilyt criticised because:

Answer 9

• of its slow response
• President Bush himself only flew by the affected area in a helicopter
• tension between the federal and state administrations

Question 10

the death toll was

Answer 10

1,833 people