Hurricane Katrina
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Deadly Hurricane Nate Bears Down On Mexico, US
Nate reached hurricane status as it bore down on popular Mexican beach resorts and headed for the US Gulf Coast early Saturday after dumping heavy rains on Central America and leaving at least 28 people dead
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Hurricane Matthew Tests US Response Lessons From Katrina
Acting on lessons learned from the botched response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, government authorities this week rushed to get aid to states in Hurricane Matthew's path, from drinking water and generators to helicopters and emergency planning experts.
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With 40,000 Homes Damaged In Floods, Lousiana Faces Worst Housing Crisis Since Katrina
Keisha Taylor, a 37-year-old mother of four, has spent three nights in two different shelters since her family fled the flooding at their Baton Rouge apartment complex. And she doesn't know how many more nights they will be sleeping on cots inside the downtown arena where hundreds sought shelter.
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Rescuer to Meet Kid From Hurricane Katrina Hug Photo
The three-year-old girl pictured hugging a helicopter crewman that plucked her from a New Orleans rooftop after Hurricane Katrina struck will be reunited with her rescuer later this month.
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Barack Obama Lauds New Orleans' Progress Since Katrina, Says More to be Done
President Barack Obama on Thursday heralded the progress New Orleans has made rebuilding since Hurricane Katrina battered the area 10 years ago but said more needed to be done to overcome poverty and inequality.
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Barack Obama Marks Rebirth of New Orleans, 10 Years After Katrina
US President Barack Obama will tout New Orleans' inspirational if incomplete resurgence today, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the "Big Easy" and shattered Americans' confidence in government.
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Indian Workers Win USD 20 Million Settlement Against US Company
Nearly 200 Indian workers, brought to the US by an American firm to repair damaged oil rigs after the Hurricane Katrina, have won a $20 million settlement against the company for defrauding and exploiting them, in one of the largest labour trafficking cases in US history.
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Google urges governments to share data for better disaster management
Google urged governments to get better at sharing information to allow citizens to make better use of the Internet during natural disasters.
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I think we've got an architect in the family, says Brad Pitt
Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt, who raises six kids with partner Angelina Jolie, hopes one of his kids grows up to be an architect.
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Over 500 Indian workers sue US firm for human trafficking
Lawyers for a group of Indian guest workers, trafficked to the US from India to work in ship yards after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, have sued an American company, Signal International, along with its co- conspirators and other entities for human trafficking and racketeering.If class status is granted, the lawsuit could be the largest human traffick...
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Bullock to celebrate recovery from 'Hurricane Katrina'
Five years after 'Hurricane Katrina', Sandra Bullock has come out to celebrate one of the biggest success stories of recovery from destruction.
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Deadly Hurricane Nate Bears Down On Mexico, US
Nate reached hurricane status as it bore down on popular Mexican beach resorts and headed for the US Gulf Coast early Saturday after dumping heavy rains on Central America and leaving at least 28 people dead
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Hurricane Matthew Tests US Response Lessons From Katrina
Acting on lessons learned from the botched response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005, government authorities this week rushed to get aid to states in Hurricane Matthew's path, from drinking water and generators to helicopters and emergency planning experts.
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With 40,000 Homes Damaged In Floods, Lousiana Faces Worst Housing Crisis Since Katrina
Keisha Taylor, a 37-year-old mother of four, has spent three nights in two different shelters since her family fled the flooding at their Baton Rouge apartment complex. And she doesn't know how many more nights they will be sleeping on cots inside the downtown arena where hundreds sought shelter.
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Rescuer to Meet Kid From Hurricane Katrina Hug Photo
The three-year-old girl pictured hugging a helicopter crewman that plucked her from a New Orleans rooftop after Hurricane Katrina struck will be reunited with her rescuer later this month.
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Barack Obama Lauds New Orleans' Progress Since Katrina, Says More to be Done
President Barack Obama on Thursday heralded the progress New Orleans has made rebuilding since Hurricane Katrina battered the area 10 years ago but said more needed to be done to overcome poverty and inequality.
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Barack Obama Marks Rebirth of New Orleans, 10 Years After Katrina
US President Barack Obama will tout New Orleans' inspirational if incomplete resurgence today, 10 years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the "Big Easy" and shattered Americans' confidence in government.
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Indian Workers Win USD 20 Million Settlement Against US Company
Nearly 200 Indian workers, brought to the US by an American firm to repair damaged oil rigs after the Hurricane Katrina, have won a $20 million settlement against the company for defrauding and exploiting them, in one of the largest labour trafficking cases in US history.
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Google urges governments to share data for better disaster management
Google urged governments to get better at sharing information to allow citizens to make better use of the Internet during natural disasters.
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I think we've got an architect in the family, says Brad Pitt
Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt, who raises six kids with partner Angelina Jolie, hopes one of his kids grows up to be an architect.
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Over 500 Indian workers sue US firm for human trafficking
Lawyers for a group of Indian guest workers, trafficked to the US from India to work in ship yards after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, have sued an American company, Signal International, along with its co- conspirators and other entities for human trafficking and racketeering.If class status is granted, the lawsuit could be the largest human traffick...
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Bullock to celebrate recovery from 'Hurricane Katrina'
Five years after 'Hurricane Katrina', Sandra Bullock has come out to celebrate one of the biggest success stories of recovery from destruction.
