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This R&D provides resources on New Orleans recovery from Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane struck the Louisiana city in August 2005, killing more than 700 people. Katrina was the costliest disaster natural disaster in American history and it was also the worst civil engineering disaster, as the flood protection systems around New Orleans failed. The botched state and federal response to the disaster was arguably a turning point for the second term of President George W. Bush, who never seemed to regain his domestic footing after the disaster.
New Orleans still isn’t prepared for the next storm http://t.co/RizqgrZCeJ pic.twitter.com/bebblp9yUR
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 25, 2015
The New Orleans that went under in the surging waters of Hurricane Katrina hasn’t returned http://t.co/zjN1rhjz8v pic.twitter.com/IQW68aDHpt
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 26, 2015
10 years after a catastrophe that drove thousands of its citizens away, New Orleans has made an impressive comeback: http://t.co/eNqxGU42Vr
— Forbes (@Forbes) August 26, 2015