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Flooding has caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States over the past few decades, and flash ...
Editor’s note: Hurricane Katrina made landfall 12 years ago, leaving the Gulf Coast devastated. As Harvey — a hurricane now downgraded to a tropical storm — continues to ravage Texas and ...
Flooding, the leading storm-related killer in the US, has caused significant loss of life and destruction over the past 25 ...
In the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, ... Katrina's Latest Damage. Published Mar 12, 2006 at 7:00 PM EST Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 4:29 PM EST. By Newsweek Staff . Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member.
Hurricane Katrina changed the Gulf Coast landscape and face of its culture when it hit in 2005. Key events show the progression and setbacks of the damage, rescue and rebuilding.
A rural community in Florida is working to make extensive repairs to a historic building that has endured substantial damage ...
Hurricane Katrina killed at least 1,833 people and is considered the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history at an estimated $108 billion. The tenth anniversary of the hurricane is Aug. 29.
•Katrina far surpasses the residential damage of Hurricane Andrew, which destroyed or damaged approximately 80,000 homes in 1992. It even exceeds the combined damage of the four major 2004 ...
The storm is long gone, but Hurricane Katrina is still a disaster in Louisiana. Katrina made landfall 10 years ago, killing more than 1,800 people along the Gulf Coast and leaving about 80% of New ...
Surveying Katrina's Damage from Above A number of private and government Web sites have put satellite and aerial photos of hurricane-damaged regions on its Web site -- allowing evacuees to scan ...
Katrina caused over 1,800 deaths and $100 billion in damage. New Orleans was particularly hit hard due to flooding. The hurricane’s 19-foot storm surge broke through the city’s flood walls and ...