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Smithsonian Magazine on MSN3d

Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina, Many of Us Are Still Missing All That We Lost—and Grappling With One of the Country’s Worst Disasters

In Louisiana, heat and hurricanes can feel like a generational curse. After two decades, an editor who grew up in the state ...

What We Learned from Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, cities should look to New Orleans for how to build resilience to disasters.

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 ...
The Cool Down on MSN5d

Experts warn US should prepare for disasters more intense than all hurricanes on record: 'Extreme rapid intensification'

Hurricane Erin became one of only a dozen Atlantic hurricanes since recordkeeping began. Experts warn US should prepare for ...