This light map shows regions of the Southeastern United States before and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Which of these
answers would BEST describe the cause of the situation seen here?
A) Poorly maintained levees failed to hold back the water in New Orleans,
resulting in catastrophic power outages.
B) Tornadoes spawned by the hurricane destroyed most of the towns in
northeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi.
c) Nuclear power plants were overwhelmed by the storm surge, resulting in a
meltdown that polluted the area and killed many people.
D) The near-total evacuation of northeastern Louisiana and southern
Mississippi meant that there were no people in cities and towns when the
storm hit.

Hurricane Katrina developed from a tropical depression, a low-pressure area with a loosely connected group of thunderstorms over the southeastern Bahamas. The tropical depression strengthened, and its circular motion became more organized until it was a tropical storm with wind speeds between 39 and 73 mph.

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deebikamadhivanan deebikamadhivanan · Answer 2 · 2022-04-06T05:55:14+02:00

Option (a) best describes the Southeastern United States prior to and following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

What do the lightmaps describe?

The badly maintained levees in New Orleans failed to hold back the water, resulting in catastrophic power outages, as shown in this light map of the Southeastern United States before and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi on August 29, 2005, wreaking havoc on coastal communities, notably New Orleans. It was one of the worst natural disasters the United States had ever seen.

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