2.6 Questions

1- 1974

2- They set up evacuation and medical centres

3- The National Disaster Organisation is a federal government body and it became involved with cyclone Tracy to help restore basic services to Darwin

4- To save lives

5- 80.459% of Darwin’s population were evacuated

6- Houses in all cyclone-prone areas of Australia must adhere to strict building codes to withstand cyclone. Also lessons have been taught how to prepare against this hazard

7- On the 29^th of August Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf of Mexico and the state of Louisiana in the United States. It killed over 1400 people and flooded large areas of New Orleans

8- When the hurricane hit, the storm surge combined with the low-lying nature of the New Orleans meaning that 80% of the city became flooded.

9- All levels of Government were criticised for the slow and disorganised response to the hazard

10- The NDO was quick and organised to send out food supplies and medical services while the FEMA was criticised for being slow and took days to send out food supplies

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a)      Cyclone Tracy was heading at a fast speed South-East straight through Darwin