Hurricane Katrina's landfall on the United States is an interesting geographic case study because
A) its effects are an intersection of human and physical geography.
B) its winds reached incredible speeds near the eye of the hurricane.
C) the damage was largely a result of flooding from rivers and a storm surge, not the winds.
D) the federal government was poorly prepared for the storm and its aftermath.
E) people of all ethnic and racial groups were equally devastated by the storm.

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The effects of Hurricane Katrina are an intersection of human and physical geography because the storm's impact was influenced by both natural factors (such as the strength of the winds and the storm surge) and human factors (such as the location of population centers and the level of preparedness).

Hurricane Katrina's Landfall on the United States Is an Interesting