Hurricane Katrina's severity was exacerbated by heavy rainfall, inadequate levees, inaccurate predictions, and human decision-making failures.
Heavy rainfall from the hurricane overwhelmed aging levees and flooded areas below sea level, mainly populated by families with low incomes, contributing to Hurricane Katrina becoming one of the deadliest natural disasters in US history. Government officials inaccurately predicted the hurricane's path, leading many residents to remain in vulnerable areas, compounding the disaster. Human decision making, including failures to strengthen levees over the years and loss of coastal land to development, played a significant role in the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina, making it more of a human disaster than a natural one.
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