Question

Why did New Orleans suffer extreme flooding as a result of Hurricane Katrina?

Choose all answers that are correct.

A.
New Orleans had no defenses against storms and flood waters.

B.
The walls built to keep water out of the city failed when lake waters rose rapidly.

C.
No one knew that the city’s levees needed to be strengthened.

D.
More than 50% of New Orleans’s neighborhoods are at or below sea level

Answer 1

i believe the answer is c if i am wrong i am so sorry

Answer 2

C. No one knew that the city’s levees needed to be strengthened.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive and the one that caused more fatalities of the hurricane season in the Atlantic of 2005. Katrina devastated the coasts of the gulf from Florida to Texas due to its intensification. The highest number of deaths occurred in New Orleans, which was flooded because its levee system failed, many of them collapsing several hours after the hurricane had continued inland. 80% of the city as well as large areas of adjoining parishes were flooded, thus staying for weeks.