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Hurricane Katrina still offers lessons for disaster recovery researchers, 20 years later

Hurricane Katrina—which made landfall in Louisiana in August 2005—is among the worst natural disasters to ever hit the United ...

Shipping giant hit with $1 billion fine after causing one of worst marine disasters in history: 'Unprecedented devastation'

The Supreme Court described the result as "unprecedented devastation to the marine environment of Sri Lanka," citing the ...
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It was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history: Have we forgotten Katrina's lessons?

Nearly 1,400 people died after Hurricane Katrina crashed into Louisiana and Mississippi. Most of the deaths were in New ...