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Fast History: Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall in New Orleans, 2005

BY Clay DillowSat Aug 29, 2009 at 2:01 PM

Most Americans remember tuning into the news this morning four years ago to find a beloved American city half immersed in water after Hurricane Katrina’s Category 3-fueled storm surge broke New Orleans fragile levees. Katrina ...READ»

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Cell Phone Towers Could Predict the Next Hurricane Katrina

BY Ariel SchwartzThu Jul 9, 2009 at 2:50 PM

Cell phone towers can do more than just satisfy our need for constant communication; they might be able to save us from major floods, according to researchers from Tel Aviv University. Professor Pinhas Alpert and colleagues report in ...READ»

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Designing for Disaster

BY Cliff KuangWed Apr 15, 2009 at 6:13 PM

We live in an age lashed by natural disasters. Katrina obviously looms in the American mind, but the Sichuan Earthquake and the Indian Ocean tsunami have all imprinted themselves on an entire generation, worldwide. What could we ...READ»

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10 Coolest Innovators Rebuilding New Orleans

Thu Oct 23, 2008 at 11:30 AM

Ravaged by Katrina and accosted by Gustav, New Orleans, the city best known for its Mardi Gras and musicians (and now for its hurricanes) is gradually being reconstructed. The New Orleans 100 showcases one hundred world-changing ...READ»

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