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Please note: these pages are no longer being updated BellaireRecent news articles mentioning Bellaire .Monitor, ...to assist with the transfer of Hurricane Katrina evacuees ... and poor maintenance; and a Texas Department of ... company of Brighton Gardens of Bellaire, the Houston ... Tragedy aboard bus began as an effort to avoid Katrina's horrors Oct 3, 2005 Monterey County Herald, ...nursing home patients suffered during Hurricane Katrina, local ... the red-brick nursing home in low-lying Bellaire. ... farms and cattle ranches when Texas became oil ... Luck and Fate Placed Victims on Storm Bus Oct 3, 2005 Wilmington Morning Star, BELLAIRE, Tex., Sept ... of a home for the aged who died escaping a hurricane that, as ... The governor of Texas waived normal regulations to put more buses on the road ... Floodwaters leave racial divide deeper Oct 3, 2005 San Antonio Express (subscription), ...is the fact that large areas of East Texas fled the ... Stavinohia, the Bellaire pathologist, boarded the windows of his ... a 43-year-old survivor of Hurricane Andrew ... Outside New Orleans, parish still in crisis Oct 1, 2005 St. Petersburg Times, ...as they fled the approach of Hurricane Rita. ... transporting residents and employees of Brighton Gardens in Bellaire. ... Texas officials said last week that the bus ... Vioxx Lawyer Files Texas Bus Explosion Lawsuit; Houston Attorney ... Sep 30, 2005 PR Newswire (press release), ...involving elderly residents fleeing from Hurricane Rita. ... residents of Brighton Gardens of Bellaire retirement center ... making it the deadliest Texas bus crash ... Risks great for migrant workers Oct 2, 2005 Houston Chronicle, 23, the day before Hurricane Rita made landfall. ... who were being evacuated from a Bellaire nursing home ... possible deportation at the South Texas Detention Center ... Suits filed in fire on evacuee bus Oct 2, 2005 San Francisco Chronicle, ...home as they fled the approach of Hurricane Rita last month. ... Gardens in the Houston suburb of Bellaire when it ... Texas officials have said the bus had an expired ... Baptists 'show up' to help evacuees Sep 16, 2005 Dallas Baptist Standard, ...of our Texas Baptist response to the Katrina hurricane. ... 30 units in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. ... Lackland, Churchill, Bellaire and First Baptist churches ... Families are forced to cope with their losses Sep 30, 2005 Houston Chronicle, ...wife died, he dedicated his life to Texas Children's," said ... been out of the country as Hurricane Rita threatened ... he earned the title of "Mr. Bellaire" and the ... Lessons come at high cost: 107 lives Sep 29, 2005 Houston Chronicle, The death toll for Hurricane Rita and the evacuation ... cases were questioned by University of Texas Medical Branch ... came early Friday when 23 Bellaire nursing home ... Bus company faced earlier complaints, violations Sep 29, 2005 Denton Record Chronicle (subscription), Maples informed the Texas Department of Transportation in May ... A threatened direct hit from Hurricane Rita on their low-lying town in Bellaire, near Houston ... Bus Business Warned Before Rita Explosion Sep 29, 2005 Guardian Unlimited, ...requirements for commercial vehicles before Hurricane Rita, but ... according to records in the Texas Secretary of ... and Brighton Gardens, the Bellaire nursing home ... Drivers have history of citations Sep 27, 2005 Houston Chronicle, He does not have a Texas driver's license. The Brighton Gardens facility in Bellaire hired Global Limo, a ... made the decision to evacuate as Hurricane Rita moved ... DPS report shows firm warned earlier brake inspection records ... Sep 28, 2005 KVUE (subscription), ...home residents were being moved from the Texas coast because ... A threatened direct hit from Hurricane Rita on their low-lying town in Bellaire, near Houston ... Burned bus had illegal tags, gaps in its history Sep 29, 2005 Houston Chronicle, ...flames a week ago, killing 23 Bellaire nursing-home ... to take them out of Hurricane Rita's path ... highways choked by fleeing Southeast Texas residents, explosions ... Hurricane evacuees killed in highway bus fire Sep 23, 2005 ABC Online, The Bellaire police department could not immediately confirm ... the Houston area ahead of Hurricane Rita's landfall. ... winds toward the coasts of Texas and Louisiana ... Port Arthur, Beaumont in hurricane's crosshairs Sep 24, 2005 DetNews.com, ...tore through a bus loaded with evacuated residents of a Bellaire, Texas, nursing home, killing 24. Rita arrived in Texas as a Category 3 hurricane, weaker than ... Bus that exploded had another vehicle's plate Sep 29, 2005 Houston Chronicle, ...flames a week ago, killing 23 Bellaire nursing home ... was to take them out of Hurricane Rita's path ... along highways choked by fleeing Southeast Texas residents,a ... Hurricane news for specific towns in Texas Sep 24, 2005 Mongabay.com ...by the devastating toll that Hurricane Katrina inflicted ... various locations in the Texas - Louisiana border ... Bayou, Baytown, Beaumont, Bellaire, Bolivar Peninsula ... Seniors die fleeing from hurricane Sep 24, 2005 Halifax Herald (subscription), ...of Bellaire, an assisted living centre in Bellaire, a suburb ... "They were evacuating in advance of hurricane Rita, which ... bus firm based in Pharr, Texas, near the ... Hurricane Rita Takes an Early Toll Sep 23, 2005 Arab News, 38 residents of the Brighton Gardens of Bellaire home, owned by ... of 15 to 20 feet from the hurricane, with large ... as two feet of rain along the Texas and western ... Hurricane Rita Begins Assault on Gulf Shore Sep 23, 2005 Los Angeles Times, National Hurricane Center official Ed Rappaport said the eye ... 8 pm across most of Jefferson County, Texas, which includes ... a nursing home in the Bellaire area of ... RITA LASHES GULF COAST -- 'SAY A PRAYER FOR TEXAS' Second huge ... Sep 24, 2005 San Francisco Chronicle, ...home with 140 residents in Bellaire, a city ... on the hot, congested highways of southeast Texas for more ... Fearing that Hurricane Rita would pulverize Houston, and ... Bus Victims Remembered With Sadness Sep 28, 2005 Click 2 Houston.com, ...residents were being evacuated from a Bellaire nursing home to a Dallas facility as Hurricane Rita threatened ... their way out of Fairfield, Texas, where he ... 24 killed in fire and explosion aboard Hurricane Rita evacuation ... Sep 23, 2005 KCEN-TV, WILMER, Texas (AP) - Interstate 45 northbound has been ... for Houston-area residents fleeing Hurricane Rita. ... in the Houston suburb of Bellaire yesterday, headed ... 24 pensioners die in bus inferno during flight from hurricane Sep 23, 2005 Scotsman, HURRICANE Rita claimed its first victims yesterday when 24 ... and six staff from the Bellaire Nursing Home ... slow-motion evacuation of southern Texas and Louisiana ... Bus fire started at rear wheel, officials think Sep 30, 2005 Houston Chronicle, ...fire and explosion that killed 23 Bellaire nursing home residents who were fleeing Hurricane Rita. ... Also Friday, Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper ... Twenty-four hurricane evacuees dead in bus fire and explosions Sep 23, 2005 13WHAM-TV, WILMER, Texas (AP) - A fire in a chartered bus filled with elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees ... about 45 people from a nursing home in Bellaire, an upscale ... 24 Nursing Home Evacuees Killed in Texas Bus Fire (Update1) Sep 23, 2005 Bloomberg The incident occurred in Wilmer, Texas, about 14 miles ... Bellaire Mayor Cindy Siegel defended the home's decision to ... were flooded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina ... Howlin' Hurricane Rita Sep 23, 2005 AlterNet, ...as they sought shelter escaping the Texas coastal towns and Houston in anticipation of Hurricane Rita's arrival ... Gardens nursing home in Bellaire, according to ... Exodus triggers a traffic jam as big as Texas Sep 22, 2005 San Antonio Express (subscription), ...still standing outside in Houston, Texas," Betty Hendricks ... modest convenience store on Bellaire Boulevard had ... New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina, payment ... Rita Wobbles, Gulf Coast Staggers Sep 24, 2005 ktla 5, ...ground troops in Louisiana for the Hurricane Katrina mission ... the president's plans was edged off Texas newscasts by ... in the Houston suburb of Bellaire, the bus ... Bus fire kills 24 as Texans flee Rita Sep 23, 2005 The Age (subscription), ...was trying to do the right thing by their residents," said Cindy Siegel, mayor of Bellaire, a small ... As Hurricane Rita headed towards Texas, more than ... Rita inflicts deaths and floods on ghost coast Sep 23, 2005 Peninsula On-line, ...residents,� said Cindy Siegel, mayor of Bellaire, a small ... landfall early today, the US National Hurricane Center said ... stuck in a massive traffic jam in Texas. ... More Than 20 Fleeing Rita Killed in Bus Accident Sep 23, 2005 Los Angeles Times, BEAUMONT, Texas -- Hurricane Rita today howled toward the Texas and Louisiana ... containing about 45 people from a nursing home in the Bellaire area of ... As with predecessor Katrina, Hurricane Rita revealed unexpected ... Sep 26, 2005 Houston Chronicle, ...the primary effect of the passing of Hurricane Rita. ... Residents of East Texas and western Louisiana had it much ... fire took the lives of 23 Bellaire nursing home ... Burned bus had expired registration Sep 25, 2005 International Herald Tribune, It was carrying 38 frail residents of the Brighton Gardens home in Bellaire, Texas, away from the expected path of Hurricane Rita to another facility in Dallas ... Rita Is Losing Steam, Downgraded to Category 3 Storm Sep 23, 2005 Los Angeles Times, ...website cautioned that Rita "is still a very dangerous hurricane.". ... people from a nursing home in the Bellaire area of ... for the most part, according to Texas Gov ... Evacuee death bus had violation history Sep 24, 2005 Science Daily (press release) ...killing 24 evacuees from a Bellaire, Texas, nursing home ... four nursing home patients fleeing Hurricane Rita were ... when fire destroyed their bus in Wilmer, Texas. ... As Many As 24 Killed in Texas Bus Fire Sep 23, 2005 Guardian Unlimited, WILMER, Texas (AP) - A bus carrying elderly evacuees from Hurricane Rita caught ... except to say they were from a nursing home in Bellaire, an upscale ... As many as 24 killed in Texas bus fire Sep 23, 2005 China Daily, A bus carrying elderly evacuees from Hurricane Rita caught fire and was rocked by ... were except to say they were from a nursing home in Bellaire, an upscale ... At Least 24 Dead in Evacaution Bus Fire in Texas Sep 23, 2005 Elites TV, ...bus carrying elderly evacuees away from Hurricane Rita caught fire and exploded in Wilmer, Texas, according to ... from a nursing home in Bellaire, Texas, a suburb ... 24 nursing home evacuees die in fire Sep 23, 2005 Science Daily (press release) Friday when fire destroyed their bus in Wilmer, Texas. ... a bus filled with evacuees from Hurricane Rita Friday ... from the Brighton Gardens of Bellaire Nursing Home ... Evacuees Continue To Head Inland As Rita Nears Texas Coast Sep 23, 2005 KWTX, ...more than 40 elderly residents of Bellaire to safety ... Authorities urged those fleeing Hurricane Rita on Interstate 45 ... now as Rita nears the upper Texas Gulf Coast ... Deadly fire on evacuation bus investigated Sep 25, 2005 Kansas City Star, It was carrying 38 frail and elderly residents of the Brighton Gardens home in Bellaire, Texas, away from the anticipated path of Hurricane Rita to another ... 24 killed in fire and explosion aboard hurricane evacuation bus Sep 23, 2005 KTBS, WILMER, Texas (AP) -- Interstate 45 northbound was reopened this ... for Houston-area residents fleeing Hurricane Rita ... in the Houston suburb of Bellaire on Thursday ... Rita floods New Orleans as thousands of evacuees take shelter Sep 23, 2005 Myrtle Beach Sun News, Say a prayer for Texas," said Gov ... Louisiana, still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, Gov ... the Brighton Gardens nursing home in Bellaire, near Houston ... Driver hailed as hero is being held near border Sep 28, 2005 Houston Chronicle, ...into his employer, a Pharr bus company hired to evacuate Bellaire nursing-home residents Friday as Hurricane Rita bore down on the upper Texas coast. ... Bus Caught Fire After a Waiver Put It Back Into Service Sep 25, 2005 New York Times, ...home in Bellaire, Tex., away from the expected path of Hurricane Rita to another facility in Dallas. Mark Cross, a spokesman for the Texas Department of ... Evacuees burn to death on bus Sep 23, 2005 Guardian Unlimited, ...from Brighton Gardens nursing home in Bellaire, a wealthy ... the administration's lacklustre response to Hurricane Katrina, was on ... was due to visit Texas to look ... Two sisters recount Dallas bus fire Sep 28, 2005 The Southern Digest, Katrina. Less than a month later, Hurricane Rita forced an evacuation from their Brighton Gardens nursing home in Bellaire, Texas. ... Bus fire 'kills 24' Rita evacuees Sep 23, 2005 Journal of Turkish Weekly, ...were being evacuated from a nursing home in Bellaire, south-west ... million people fled towns and cities in Texas and Louisiana as Hurricane Rita neared ... News Roundup Sep 23, 2005 Monsters and Critics.com, ...destroyed a bus carrying evacuees from Hurricane Rita in Wilmer, Texas, Friday, killing an ... carrying about 45 senior citizens from Bellaire, Texas, a Houston ... 24 die as fire destroys evacuee bus Sep 23, 2005 Science Daily (press release) 2005) -- The largest evacuation in Texas history rolled non-stop early Thursday as Hurricane Rita bore ... about 45 senior citizens from Bellaire, Texas, a Houston ... News Roundup Sep 24, 2005 Monsters and Critics.com, Dallas killing 24 evacuees from a Bellaire, Texas, nursing home ... Rick Perry in the face of Hurricane Rita ... said Mark Cross, spokesman for the Texas Department of ... Parts of Houston join evacuation Sep 22, 2005 Houston Chronicle, 61, had ridden out earlier storms, but not Hurricane Rita. ... Approximately 400 in the Young Unit in Texas City were ... Home Depot at Beltway 8 and Bellaire, only to ... 24 nursing home evacuees die in fire Sep 23, 2005 Monsters and Critics.com, ...four nursing home patients fleeing Hurricane Rita were ... when fire destroyed their bus in Wilmer, Texas. ... from the Brighton Gardens of Bellaire Nursing Home in ... Rita rains chaos on coast; Houston may escape the worst Sep 23, 2005 Houston Chronicle, ...of the Brighton Gardens of Bellaire, an assisted ... millions of residents of the Texas coast — those ... mandatory or voluntary evacuations — Hurricane Rita will ... Operator Of Bus That Burst Into Flames Had Money, Safety Woes Sep 24, 2005 KWTX, ...south of Dallas, killing 24 elderly evacuees from Bellaire. ... say there's been a waiver under Hurricane Katrina and ... bus accident in more than 50 years in Texas. ... Gridlock, anger, tears and fear in Texas Sep 22, 2005 Pittsburgh Post Gazette, On Bellaire Boulevard in southwest Houston, a weeping woman and ... will likely flood if the hurricane hits Galveston ... to go to Nacogdoches" in east Texas, not far ... Pharr bus operator faces $30M suit Sep 29, 2005 Monitor, Mary Gillette, 85, a wheelchair-bound widow from Bellaire, Texas. ... bus chartered by Brighton Gardens of Bellaire, the Houston ... due to the threat of Hurricane Rita ... Mayor mourns loss from bus fire Sep 23, 2005 Austin American-Statesman (subscription), ...least 24 nursing home residents from Bellaire killed in ... evacuating the elderly patients as Hurricane Rita bore ... Drivers could take Texas 287 west to Interstate ... Rita pummels coast, but Houston misses punch Sep 23, 2005 Houston Chronicle, Michael Chertoff on Friday said 5,000 Texas National Guard ... are standing by to deal with post-hurricane needs. ... of the Brighton Gardens of Bellaire, an assisted ... Deadly Evacuee Bus Blaze Sep 23, 2005 CBS News 3 hurricane, but was still considered dangerous. The bus was carrying 38 residents and six employees of the Brighton Gardens nursing home in Bellaire, Texas, ... Bus driver had 1 ticket Sep 27, 2005 Dallas Morning News (subscription), ...up hauling dozens of elderly hurricane evacuees from ... waiver, addressed to Texas Transportation Commission ... owns Brighton Gardens in Bellaire, Texas, where all ... A little bit of Rita with a side of football Sep 25, 2005 Houston Chronicle, ...its operations center on Gulfton near Bellaire on Friday ... of fears of flooding from Hurricane Rita, pitching ... the production values for the Texas State-Texas A&M ... Weaker Rita is still a killer Sep 24, 2005 Duluth News Tribune, ...more than $8 billion in damage -- in Texas alone. ... 45's gray ribbon of pavement to leave Hurricane Rita behind on ... their home in the low-lying Bellaire area of ... Older, frail patients disaster risk Sep 24, 2005 Monsters and Critics.com, ...when a bus carrying evacuees from Brighton Gardens in Bellaire, Texas, burst into ... During the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina, 51 aged patients died after they ... Bus tragedy in Texas Sep 23, 2005 Toronto Sun, WILMER, Texas (AP) — A bus carrying elderly evacuees from hurricane Rita caught ... than to say they were from a nursing home in Bellaire, an upscale ... 24 nursing home evacuees die in bus fire Sep 23, 2005 Houston Chronicle, ...formal investigation by the Sheriff's Department, Texas Department of ... of an effort to prepare for Hurricane Rita ... out of harm's way," said Bellaire Mayor Cindy ... Official: Bus Bursts Into Flames, Killing Up To 24 Sep 23, 2005 NBC5i.com, WILMER, Texas -- As many as 24 nursing home patients ... Friday when a busload of elderly Hurricane Rita evacuees from the Houston suburb of Bellaire caught fire ... Biggest migration 'since Civil War' Sep 23, 2005 Mail & Guardian Online, ...south-west Louisiana coast or in nearby Texas, early on ... were from a nursing home in Bellaire, an upscale ... on Friday as water whipped up by Hurricane Rita topped ... Company that owned ill-fated charter bus had driver violations Sep 23, 2005 Houston Chronicle, The bus chartered by a Bellaire nursing home to evacuate residents from Hurricane Rita's path ... of service" during random inspections in Texas, New Mexico ... Bus blaze kills 24 elderly evacuees Sep 23, 2005 Australian, A BUS carrying elderly evacuees from Hurricane Rita burst into flames on a Texas highway last night ... 45 people from a nursing home in Bellaire, an upmarket ... Fort Worth, Texas, Gas Prices Show Little Change Sep 26, 2005 RedNova.com, By Dan Piller, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas. ... may be paying more for fuel soon because of Hurricane Rita ... But not the Texaco at the corner of Bellaire Drive and ... Bus Bursts Into Flames, Killing Up To 24 Sep 23, 2005 NBC5.com, Evacuating was) the right decision," Bellaire Mayor Cindy ... Forecasters say Hurricane Rita remains an extremely ... may spare Houston and Galveston, Texas, a direct ... Bus in blast was on road because of Perry waiver Sep 24, 2005 Dallas Morning News (subscription), It was coming from the Bellaire area of Houston, moving ... staged in the area to help with Hurricane Katrina victims ... was the worst bus accident in Texas since 1952 ... As Many As 24 Killed in Texas Bus Fire Sep 23, 2005 In-Forum (subscription), ...to say they were from a nursing home in Bellaire, an upscale ... traffic as motorists evacuate in advance of Hurricane Rita, Thursday ... 22, 2005, near Buffalo, Texas. ... Regulators have no evacuation plans for nursing homes Sep 23, 2005 Monterey County Herald, ...to learn a lot out of Hurricane Rita," said Don Rogers, spokesman for the Texas Department of ... submitted by Brighton Gardens of Bellaire, Texas, whose patients ... Chinese in Houston Breathe a Sigh of Relief After Rita Sep 27, 2005 Pacific News Service, Hurricane Rita ripped through northeast Texas but spared ... sustained minor damage from the hurricane, reports the ... the heavily Chinese area of Bellaire, a suburb ... 24 Dead As Bus Catches Fire Carrying Elderly From Houston Sep 23, 2005 Free Internet Press, Brighton Gardens nursing home in Bellaire, according to ... related articles and information as Hurricane Rita approaches the Gulf Coast of Texas, here. Snail's pace irks coastal exodus Sep 22, 2005 Waco Tribune Herald, Judie Anderson of La Porte, Texas, covered just 45 ... We've learned a lot from Hurricane Katrina.' Well ... On Bellaire Boulevard in southwest Houston, a weeping woman ... Local Shelters Full As Nearly Three Million Texans Evacuate ... Sep 23, 2005 KWTX, ...stuck in traffic along designated hurricane evacuation routes ... 45 elderly evacuees from Bellaire, burst into ... sought refuge in shelters throughout Central Texas. ... 24 Believed Killed In Evacuee Bus Fire, Explosion Sep 23, 2005 WPBF Channel.com, ...in the Houston suburb of Bellaire Thursday, headed ... Forecasters say Hurricane Rita remains an extremely dangerous ... spare Houston and Galveston, Texas, a direct ... Rita Turns Away From Houston, 24 Dead in Accident Fleeing Storm Sep 23, 2005 National Ledger, A bus carrying elderly evacuees from Hurricane Rita caught fire and exploded on ... bus reportedly carried about 45 people from a nursing home in Bellaire, Texas. ... Probe of burned bus of elderly begins Sep 25, 2005 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), ...elderly perished while trying to escape Hurricane Rita ... run by Global Limo of McAllen, Texas, burst into ... the Brighton Gardens home in Bellaire, Texas, to another ... Tragedy before the storm Sep 23, 2005 Ottawa Sun, ...said Max Mayfield, director of the US National Hurricane Center ... Be calm, be strong, say a prayer for Texas.". ... of the Brighton Gardens of Bellaire home, southwest ... American Red Cross -- (800) HELP-NOW Feed the Children -- (800) 525-7575 Salvation Army -- (800) SAL-ARMY Habitat for Humanity -- (800) HABITAT The United Way -- (800) 272-4630 Humane Society of America -- (888) 259-5431 ASPCA -- (866) 275-3923 Oxfam America -- (800) 77OXFAM More hurricane coverage
A Category 4 hurricane could cause a storm surge of as much as 25 feet in Tampa Bay, according to a University of Central Florida researcher who is looking at the risks Florida cities face from tidal surges and flooding. Number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has nearly doubled over past 35 years September 16, 2005 The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years, even though the total number of hurricanes has dropped since the 1990s, according to a study by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The shift occurred as global sea surface temperatures have increased over the same period. The research appears in the September 16 issue of Science. Hurricane Katrina to cost Louisiana fisheries $1.1 billion September 13, 2005 The Louisiana Department and Wildlife and Fisheries' preliminary estimates indicate a potential $1.1 billion loss in retail fisheries revenue over the next year and an additional $150 million loss in oyster revenue in the second year due to Hurricane Katrina damage. Hurricane could hit San Diego September 8, 2005 San Diego has been hit by hurricanes in the past and may be affected by such storms in the future according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While a hurricane in San Diego would likely produce significantly less damage that Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, it could still exact a high cost to Southern California especially if the region was caught off guard. Personal account of hurricane destruction along Mississippi Gulf Coast September 6, 2005 The following is an eyewitness account of hurricane destruction along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Included is information on plans to provide pro bono services from out of state lawyers to the storm victims, many of whom will need assistance in dealing with insurance companies, relief bureaucracies, and possibly personal or small business bankruptcies in the aftermath of the storm. New Orleans Aquarium, Zoo update Surviving animals from the New Orleans will find new homes according to aquarium spokeswoman Melissa Lee. Despite escaping Hurricane Katrina with little physical damage, the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans suffered significant loss of animal life when the facility's emergency generator failed and made conditions unlivable for most its animals. Hurricanes getting stronger due to global warming says study August 29, 2005 Late last month an atmospheric scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a study in Nature that found hurricanes have grown significantly more powerful and destructive over the past three decades. Kerry Emanuel, the author of the study, warns that since hurricanes depend on warm water to form and build, global climate change might increase the effect of hurricanes still further in coming years. Environmental problems worsened Hurricane Katrina's impact August 31, 2005 The loss of coastal marshlands that buffer New Orleans from flooding and storm surges may have worsened the impact of Hurricane Katrina. In the past, the region's wetlands have served as a natural buffer that slows hurricanes down as they come in from the Gulf of Mexico and helps protect New Orleans from storms. But all this has changed. Aerial photos of Hurricane Katrina destruction: NOAA posted online more than 1450 aerial images of the U.S. Gulf Coast areas that were decimated by Hurricane Katrina. |
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