Which hurricane struck the Gulf Coast of Louisiana in 2005 causing over 80 billion dollars in damage?

• A. Dennis
• B. Katrina
• C. Sandy
• D. Camille

Answer: (B)

This item tests your knowledge of the major hurricane that devastated Louisiana’s Gulf Coast in 2005 and caused damage well over 80 billion dollars. Hurricane Katrina is the one that fits this description: it formed in the Atlantic, intensified to a powerful cyclone, and made catastrophic landfall along southeastern Louisiana and the Mississippi coast. The storm’s impact included disastrous flooding around New Orleans due to levee failures, which drove the enormous economic cost associated with Katrina.

Dennis in 2005 did affect the Gulf region but mainly struck the Florida Panhandle with far less damage to Louisiana. Sandy happened in 2012 and affected the Northeast, not Louisiana. Camille occurred in 1969 and, while devastating, is from a much earlier era and involved different damage figures. So Katrina is the hurricane linked to the 2005 Louisiana Gulf Coast damage figure.