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Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters: Hurricane Katrina: Workshop Summary

The center deployed approximately 600 people in response to Hurricane Katrina and nearly 100 for Hurricane Rita. Personnel deployed by CDC were involved in a wide range of activities, including ...
WLOX

Hurricane Katrina’s impact on South Mississippi

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - From the 1947 hurricane to Camille in 1969 and all the storms before, after, and in between, the Mississippi Coast is no stranger to the destructive force of hurricanes. It is ...
NPR

Author of book on Hurricane Katrina debunks myths and misconceptions

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Andy Horowitz, author of "Katrina: A History 1915-2015," about misconceptions post-Hurricane Katrina and his assertion that what happened in 2005 was entirely ...
The Progress-Index

From Louisiana to Virginia, pet owners and shelters found a 'silver lining' after Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history, resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1,833 people and the abandonment of many pets. The PETS Act of 2006, passed in response to ...