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How did the USA's monitoring system help save lives?
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As the system was sophisticated it could predict if a hurricane would hit, therefore people were warned, and 70 - 80% of New Orleans residents were evacuated before the hurricane reached land
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What happened as soon as Louisiana & Mississippi were declared "states of emergency"?
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They set up control centres and stockpiled supplies
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What services helped, and how many people did they save?
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Coastguard, police, fire services and army rescued over 50,000 people
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What happened to the flood defences of New Orleans?
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They failed, increasing cost of damage and deaths as flooding was worse than it should have been
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