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During a famine caused by one of these events, Yahya Khan notoriously told victims to “eat roti” (0[1])rather than rice to recover. A casino called the Balinese Room opened after one of these events ended a Victorian “golden era” in the “Wall Street of the Southwest.” (0[2])One of these events that coincided with a war prompted (0[1])Ravi Shankar (0[1])to hold a relief concert. (0[3])The deadliest (20[2]0[1])one of (0[1])these (0[1])events (0[3])in history, (0[2])called Bhola, contributed to (*) Bangladeshi (0[1])independence. (0[1])A large wall (0[2])was built (0[1])following (0[1])one of these events in 1900 (0[1])that killed (0[1])over 6,000 people (0[1])in Galveston. (10[4])During (10[1])one (10[1])of these (10[1])events in 2005, many people took shelter (10[1])in the Superdome. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[2])New Orleans was devastated (10[1])by what (10[2])type of natural (10[1])disaster (10[2])named Katrina? (10[3])■END■ (10[11])

ANSWER: hurricane [or tropical cyclone; or typhoon; or tropical depression; or tropical storm; prompt on flooding or storm]
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Cole HartungKinkaidSolon160
Noah McRedmondCincinnati Hills ChristianBelvidere450
Carson JacobsonWinnebagoThomas Jefferson D450
Mason SeversonNorrisWaukee550
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sBelmont570
Hari VeginatiStevenson AHinsdale Central620
Bryce CruiseHeightsMexico620
Prahalad RaoSolonKinkaid620
Alvin GuoWinston Churchill AHunter A6420
Yaj JhajhriaCanyon CrestMira Loma640
Pranav AiyarWilliam FremdDunbar6420
Johnathon Franke GordonStevenson BElkhorn North660
Keefer LinChattahoochee BCarl Sandburg670
Costas PavlouDetroit Country DayBarrington A680
Sinecio MoralesRockford Auburn AThomas Jefferson A680
Dennis YangTroyUniversity Lab680
Anthony ZhaoThomas Jefferson CChoate Rosemary Hall700
Ayan KohliHunter BSaint Joseph700
Varun VenkatagiriInnovation Academy BNorman750
Aiden DombroskyHoover BDetroit Catholic Central C760
Addison BakerWalter PaytonJohns Creek B790
Kaushik GollamudiBarrington BMidtown790
Bharathi KancharlaMaggie Walker BWest Point810
Sophie HiggsRichard MontgomeryDallas County820
Ryan ZhangThomas Jefferson BWoodland880
Max KoldaJohn Adams AJohn Adams B900
Dillon RobertsonCarbondaleInnovation Academy A930
Ryan FitzgeraldNorthmont AChattahoochee A9510
Puna EkkaNew BrightonWinston Churchill B9510
Vincent WangIrvington AParkway West9510
Caleb LeeLincoln-Way EastMaggie Walker C9510
C. SchenkelWashingtonLake Highland9610
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BNorthmont B9710
Sam KonkelJohns Creek AMaggie Walker A9910
Colin StewartBarrington ADetroit Country Day10610
Adhav RavikumarInnovation Academy ACarbondale10910
William ThainSaint JosephHunter B11010
Sky HongChoate Rosemary HallThomas Jefferson C11210
Christian AllenDallas CountyRichard Montgomery11210
Camden WilliamsMexicoHeights11610
Ren GiustiNormanInnovation Academy B11810
Jonathan MyszkaBelvidereCincinnati Hills Christian11810
Nick MurrayDetroit Catholic Central APlymouth12110
Anwitha VempatiWaukeeNorris12210
Jesse RabbittJohn Adams BJohn Adams A12210
John Hines-ShahHinsdale CentralStevenson A12410
Chris GoolsbyDetroit Catholic Central CHoover B12410
Rohan DalalJohns Creek BWalter Payton12410
Eleanor HeydtMidtownBarrington B12510
Aatreyo BhattacharyyaMira LomaCanyon Crest12510
Joseph GeovanesCarl SandburgChattahoochee B12510
Alan FanThomas Jefferson DWinnebago12510
Sam MacchiBelmontSt. Mark's12510
Ben CervaniaElkhorn NorthStevenson B12510
Sean HarbisonWest PointMaggie Walker B12510
Andrew ShiThomas Jefferson ARockford Auburn A12510
Brian O'ConnellWoodlandThomas Jefferson B12510
Lucas JraicheDetroit Catholic Central BMercer County12510
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