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In New Orleans, memories of Katrina remain vivid 20 years later

Twenty years ago last week, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, La., about 50 miles southeast of New Orleans. Thousands of people had evacuated in advance of the monster storm. But ...
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Reflecting On The Impacts Of Hurricane Katrina’s Death Toll, 20 Years Later

On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and became a defining moment in modern American history. The storm made landfall near New Orleans as a category three hurricane, but its ...
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Ways hurricane forecasts have changed since Katrina

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, with wind gusts exceeding 130 mph and a surge of water taller than a two-story building. The water left the coast in ruins and swelled through ...
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Two Decades Later, the Experience of Katrina Continues to Shape How the Nation Prepares for and Responds to Disasters

It has been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, submerged a major American city, killed nearly 1,400 people, and displaced 1 million more. Two decades is a long enough period ...
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Twenty years ago, Hurricane Rita forced one of largest U.S. evacuations

Twenty years ago this week, and just short of one month after Hurricane Katrina destroyed parts of the Mississippi coast and put New Orleans under water for weeks, the unthinkable happened: An even ...
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Hurricane Katrina had a silver-lining for some: Post-traumatic growth

NhuNgoc Pham was a high school student living in the New Orleans metro area when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Her parents, immigrants from Vietnam, had recently purchased ...