The emergency response to Hurricane Katrina may have been incompetent and slow because
A) no one was aware of the scale of the disaster until months later.
B) other disasters occurred at the same time.
C) the victims lacked political and economic power.
D) the Netherlands was not prepared for the level of devastation created by the hurricane.
E) hurricanes had never created damage before.

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The victims, many of whom were from marginalized communities, lacked political and economic power, which contributed to the slow and inadequate response.

The Emergency Response to Hurricane Katrina May Have Been Incompetent