This is Why Hurricane Katrina Was So Devastating. Could It Happen Again?

Hurricane Katrina began as a small weather system near the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, quickly strengthening into Tropical ...
Daily Press

A Mississippi city’s tax break spurred post-Katrina building. But will homes stand the next storm?

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Rocking on his front porch overlooking the Mississippi Sound, former Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes questions how anyone wouldn’t want to live there. “People are always going to ...

15 of the Deadliest Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons Ever Recorded

Powerful hurricanes have shaped coastal communities for centuries, leaving behind destruction that can alter entire regions.
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Functional forecasting: University of Rhode Island team uses Homeland Security exercises to evaluate storm decision support tool as part of Katrina lookback issue

URI offers tools to meet Rhode Island’s resilience and emergency management needs: CHAMP predicted flooding on a Newport street during a 2022 nor’easter. In a new paper in the Journal of Coastal and ...