Hurricane Katrina Vocabulary

The _______________ is a measure of the strength of a hurricane from 1-5.

• landfall

• category

• shelter

• storm surge

When there is too much rainfall quickly , there can be a ____________.

• inhabitants

• aftermath

• sea level

• flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The ____________ of the hurricane is the calm area.

• eye

• nose

• levee

• deluge

You need to leave a place of danger to go to a safe place, you must ________________.

• evacuate

• inundate

• scarce

• flood

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

_____________ occurs as people steal from stores and other places during a natural disaster or other difficult time.

• deluge

• looting

• levee

• inhabitants

A place that is safe from a disaster is called a

• shelter

• cow

• aftermath

• landfall

a wall that can protect against floods is a ______________

• landfall

• levee

• deluge

• sea level

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

The place where a hurricane touches the ground for the first time is where it makes ____________

• eye

• inhabitants

• aftermath

• landfall

____________ is the measure of how close land is to the height of the water in the area.

• evacuate

• storm surge

• sea level

• evacuate

The time when the disaster is over and destruction is left is called the ____________

• inundate

• deluge

• aftermath

• category