1. Long-term warnings went unheeded and government officials neglected their duties to prepare for a forewarned catastrophe; 2. Government officials took insufficient actions or made poor decisions in the days immediately before and after landfall; 3. Systems on which officials relied on to support their response efforts failed; and 4. Government officials at all levels failed to provide effective leadership.
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