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It was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history: Have we forgotten Katrina's lessons?
Two decades after Katrina exposed critical disaster response flaws, nearly 27% of levees remain at moderate to very high risk, while federal funding and agency roles face ongoing changes.
- Hurricane Katrina caused approximately $125 billion in damages, making it the costliest hurricane in U.S. history.
- The estimated death toll from Katrina is 1,400 lives, a number revised after further analysis of death reports.
- Twenty years later, New Orleans has not fully recovered and retains about three-quarters of its pre-storm population.
- Many residents felt abandoned during recovery efforts after the storm, with local resources overwhelmed while waiting for federal aid.
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Comment: Remembering lessons from failures of Katrina
HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington Twenty years on, as changes to disaster response are considered, here’s what must be considered. Comment: Remembering lessons from failures of Katrina Wire Service
Katrina holds lessons as US debates role of states and FEMA in disaster response
Hurricane Katrina was a wake-up call for states as well as for federal disaster response. Lessons in resilience have born fruit, but a proposed scaling back of FEMA’s role is stirring debate in an era of rising storm costs.
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 States, devastating communities across the Gulf Coast and forcing more than 1.5 million residents to evacuate their homes.
Rock of Ages Baptist Church honors leaders who served during Hurricane Katrina
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Rock of Ages church on Franklin Avenue commemorated the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Reflecting on the city's progress since the storm’s devastation, Sunday’s service honored leaders who served the community during the storm. "We are embarking upon 20 years of celebrating Hurricane Katrina from surviving to thriving and I think it's just appropriate for this generation to remember who were the heroic images that wa…
20 years later, Katrina still among Atlantic’s most deadly, costly
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Hurricane Katrina caused $226B in today’s dollars More than 1 million displaced and over 1,800 deaths Katrina remains among the five deadliest U.S. hurricanes Later storms like Harvey, Maria, Ian, and Sandy rivaled its damage Twenty years ago this Friday, Hurricane Katrina – once a Category 5 beast – made landfall as a Category 3 first in southeastern Louisiana and then again on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The National Hurri…
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