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Group 1 Automotive Assessing Hurricane Damage to Beaumont, Texas ... 27 Sep 2005
Business Wire (press release), ...assist them as needed with temporary housing, food, clothing ... northwest of Port Arthur where Hurricane Rita made ... New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York ...

Group 1 Automotive Assessing Hurricane Damage to Beaumont, Texas ... 27 Sep 2005
Finanzen.net, ...them asneeded with temporary housing, food, clothing and ... of Port Arthur where Hurricane Rita made ... Massachusetts, NewHampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York ...

Rita's Punch Strains Gulf Churches 27 Sep 2005
ChristianityToday.com, ...following Katrina, were in New Mexico and heard ... and Louisiana remain full of Hurricane Katrina survivors ... Shelters housing Katrina's homeless reopened to welcome ...

Rita's death toll climbs with discovery of five dead in Beaumont 27 Sep 2005
Denton Record Chronicle (subscription), ...remained without power, according to Texas-New Mexico Power Company ... Some people from Hurricane Katrina still ain't ... and Rita evacuees in 45 shelters in Texas ...

Immigrants to the Rescue 27 Sep 2005
Salt Lake Tribune, ...evacuees living in Houston emergency shelters found that ... The effects of Hurricane Andrew may better ... in Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. ...

Oil Prices Jump Again 27 Sep 2005
The New Mexico Channel.com, ...a barrel Monday while the oil industry assessed damage from Hurricane Rita and ... of the economy, showing up in continued robust demand for housing, also helped ...

Realtors: No Slowdown In Home Sales 27 Sep 2005
The New Mexico Channel.com, June. Economists had been forecasting a slight decline, believing that the red-hot housing market was finally beginning to cool off. ...

Emergency Declarations Help States Cope Sep 26, 2005
Arizona Capitol Times, ...of housing evacuees from Hurricane Katrina in states not hit by the storm. Even without federal involvement, state declarations can help. New Mexico Governor ...

Hurricane relief: New Mexico Sep 25, 2005
Santa Fe New Mexican, Louisiana, Greg Hesch, a member of the New Mexico Disaster Management ... Incubator off Airport Road to help hurricane evacuees with housing, schools and ...

OSU student helping in Gulf Coast cities Sep 25, 2005
Corvallis Gazette Times, ...come from across the country — from New Mexico to Connecticut ... set up for people who are living in shelters. It's been three weeks since the hurricane hit and ...

Minutemen: Stopping a flood of a different kind Sep 25, 2005
WorldNetDaily, ...welfare system will give them housing, furnishings, clothes ... and Alabama left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. ... reassigned from Arizona and New Mexico to Louisiana ...

Federal Gulf Coast response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 24 Sep ... Sep 25, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...in Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, New Mexico, and Oklahoma ... health assistance for response to Hurricane Rita. ... two 250-bed field medical shelters in College ...

5:50 am: New Mexico asked to take additional evacuees Sep 21, 2005
Santa Fe New Mexican, ...to move Louisiana refugees out of shelters in Corpus ... "Hurricane Rita is a dangerous storm and could landfall ... If the refugees are sent to New Mexico, 500 would ...

Rita May Push Katrina Evacuees To New Mexico Sep 21, 2005
The New Mexico Channel.com, Hurricane Rita lashed the Florida Keys Tuesday and headed ... New Mexico is preparing for at least 700 evacuees ... and cleaning and decorating the shelters to make ...

New Mexico prepares for Katrina refugees Sep 21, 2005
KOB-TV, ...displaced by Hurricane Katrina could be coming to New Mexico. ... Hurricane Rita lashed the Florida Keys Tue sday and ... Shelters have already been set up in the two ...

Winds of Katrina swept away cloak that hides poverty Sep 25, 2005
Arizona Daily Sun, ...let them sleep on park benches or homeless shelters. ... After Hurricane Katrina, Bush made the same point ... In the colonias of southern Texas, New Mexico and Arizona ...

Rita claims first victims; rains cause new flooding in New Orleans Sep 24, 2005
Charlotte Observer, ...school buildings and other makeshift shelters, some pitched ... Pipeline, which flows into New Mexico and Arizona ... and natural gas rigs faced hurricane-force winds. ...

Ties to the Land at Risk Sep 26, 2005
Los Angeles Times, ...pushed out by mega-dairies in Texas and New Mexico. ... let him have the business until this hurricane got in ... Anticipating a housing demand from evacuees who might ...

Hurricane Rita Upgraded To Category 5 Sep 21, 2005
NBC5.com, Galveston, buses bound for inland shelters have already ... Texas officials have asked New Mexico's Office of ... even 1,000 people displaced by Hurricane Katrina, as ...

New set of storm evacuees arrives in Raleigh Sep 25, 2005
Myrtle Beach Sun News, Neither does Hurricane Rita, which caused more flooding ... System, including Georgia, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Kentucky. ... were scrambling to find housing for some ...

Rita Strengthens, Houston Mayor Urges Evacuations Sep 21, 2005
NBC5.com, Texas officials have asked New Mexico's Office of Homeland Security ... With the images from Hurricane Katrina fresh in ... in to take people in Galveston to shelters. ...

NM Asked To Take Additional Evacuees Sep 20, 2005
Albuquerque Journal (subscription), FE — Texas officials have asked New Mexico's Office of ... Hurricane Rita lashed the Florida Keys on Tuesday and ... in Houston's two largest shelters, Reliant Arena ...

Ready Reserve and Training Ships Providing Hurricane Relief Sep 23, 2005
USTRANSCOM (public service), ...have left vessel for Hurricane RITA preparations. ... LA (Conoco refinery) providing housing for refinery ... security, medical personnel, and New Mexico Army National ...

NM Search and Rescue Teams To Leave for Texas Sep 21, 2005
ABQ Journal (subscription), Richardson said earlier this week that New Mexico was asked ... from the Houston area because of the latest hurricane. ... Lunas rushed to set up shelters Tuesday, but ...

Lab tracks the steps needed to evacuate Sep 23, 2005
Albuquerque Tribune, In the Cerro Grande fire in New Mexico, for instance, the ... is evacuated, surrounding communities leave and clog shelters and services ... In a hurricane, you really ...

'The Flock' filming moved from New Orleans:- Sep 20, 2005
Webindia123, Mexico Film Office offered several incentives for the move, including a $2.3 million loan to producers and expedited housing for crew displaced by Hurricane ...

Mexico, US in Talks on Cement Tax Sep 14, 2005
Los Angeles Times, Largely because of a sizzling housing market, the ... Richardson, the Democratic governor of New Mexico, sent a ... Hurricane Katrina has further complicated logistics ...

State wants evacuees to stay Sep 25, 2005
El Paso Times, Rita hadn't suffered through the hurricane or its ... we don't usually see in the shelters," said Mark ... of Far West Texas and Southern New Mexico Trauma Regional ...

Hurricane Roundup for Saturday Sep 24, 2005
MyWestTexas.com, Refinery and refineries in the Panhandle and in New Mexico. ... enroll any students displaced by Hurricane Rita ... in acute care hospitals and special needs shelters. ...

Proposed Ohio law targets price gouging Sep 23, 2005
Marietta Times, Sherrod Brown, D, and New Mexico Congresswoman Heather ... in the wake of Hurricane Katrina hitting ... medical supplies, building materials, housing, building repair ...

Company that owned ill-fated charter bus had driver violations Sep 23, 2005
Houston Chronicle, ...during random inspections in Texas, New Mexico and Missouri ... in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, including ... from San Antonio's KellyUSA to area shelters. ...

State readies for 2 nd round of refugees Sep 20, 2005
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), Should that hurricane sweep across ... The governor speculated that New Mexico and Oklahoma also would receive ... think it’s great that these larger shelters can be ...

Katrina swept away cloak that hides American poverty Sep 24, 2005
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), ...providing everything from low-income housing to dental ... After Hurricane Katrina, Bush made the same point ... the colonias of southern Texas, New Mexico and Arizona ...

Hurricane Briefs, 09/21/2005 Sep 21, 2005
Santa Fe New Mexican, Numerous shelters around the country volunteered to take ... New Mexico kicked off a statewide school-supplies drive ... week for children displaced by the hurricane. ...

Catastrophe in Big Easy Demonstrates Big Government's Failure Sep 19, 2005
PHXNews, ...to look to government for everything--housing, food, money ... and as far away as New Mexico and Maryland ... of thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina seem ...

Hurricane Rita menaces Texas Sep 21, 2005
El Paso Times, ...looking at possibly opening some shelters or other ... prompted by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ... executive director of the Southwestern New Mexico Chapter of ...

Commentary by Mark Creech Sep 23, 2005
Agape Press, ...are also being encouraged to go with hurricane victims to shelters to reach out ... that] the Energy Committee, [chaired by New Mexico Republican] Senator ...

USA Hurricane Katrina: What government is doing 21 Sep 2005 Sep 21, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...whether they are staying at shelters, hotels, or ... Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico the number ... and military personnel affected by Hurricane Katrina with ...

Stacia Spragg-Braude/Tribune Sep 13, 2005
Albuquerque Tribune, ...receives in general assistance funding to pay for housing. ... DWI Resource Center and the New Mexico Victims' Rights ... to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina, it's ...

Evacuees, glad to be alive, land in strange new land Sep 11, 2005
International Herald Tribune, Hurricane Katrina has produced a diaspora of historic ... below sea level to mile-high shelters in Colorado, to desert mesas in New Mexico, piney woods of ...

Wolves, Lynx aid Katrina evacuees Sep 24, 2005
Pioneer Press, ...of food and supplies to Hurricane Katrina evacuees ... will participate as the group visits two shelters. ... and Geatz and Osorio defeated New Mexico's Chandler Brass ...

Uprooted and Scattered Far From the Familiar Sep 11, 2005
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Hurricane Katrina has produced a diaspora of historic ... below sea level to mile-high shelters in Colorado, to desert mesas in New Mexico, piney woods in ...

Apartments available for residents and hurricane victims Sep 20, 2005
Alamogordo Daily News, ...“Within 24 hours, the number of people coming to New Mexico had dropped ... “The Housing Authority of ... at the Civic Center will be given to hurricane victims as ...

FHLBank Dallas Announces $5 Million Grant Program to Aid Hurricane ... Sep 21, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), ...be used to support hurricane-displaced residents ... owned cooperative that supports housing and community ... in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas ...

New Mexico groups help hurricane victims Aug 31, 2005
Farmington Daily Times, Because of the hurricane, they are ... request for blood, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) is ... sent to Houston, Texas, where emergency shelters are being ...

Gulf poor left behind by Katrina and neglect Sep 12, 2005
Fort Wayne News Sentinel, Our first day in New Mexico brought an evening thunderstorm ... in rising water, huddling in shelters, being lifted by ... storm had grown into a category 5 hurricane. ...

Following White House's lead, Special Report investigation into ... Sep 13, 2005
Media Matters for America, While New Mexico Gov. ... A warning Saturday from the National Hurricane Center prompted a ... services will be provided at locations," meaning evacuation shelters. ...

Katrina Evacuees Find Shelter in New Mexico Sep 4, 2005
Albuquerque Journal (subscription), ...rules to speed up the building of temporary housing for the hurricane victims. Richardson said a new state jet, that arrived in New Mexico last week, will be ...

Evacuees thankful to reach shelters Sep 23, 2005
KVUE (subscription), Thousand of Hurricane Rita evacuees spent the night in Austin-area ... "We've had them from New Mexico. ... Those now in shelters have fared far better than others. ...

Katrina victims headed to eastern New Mexico Sep 4, 2005
Portales News-Tribune, ...early Sunday that the evacuees from Hurricane Katrina were ... plan is to find short-term housing for the ... said the agency asked him whether New Mexico could take ...

Katrina evacuees find shelter in New Mexico Sep 5, 2005
KRQE, ...federal officials will send more Hurricane Katrina victims ... evacuees expected to come to New Mexico arrived yesterday ... find them more permanent housing, jobs and ...

Bush issues emergency declaration for New Mexico Sep 8, 2005
KRQE, ...will make federal funding available to New Mexico's state government ... will pay for efforts aimed at hurricane relief. ... Coast, as well as for housing and feeding ...

Bush sees progress on visit to battered Gulf Coast states Sep 21, 2005
Seattle Times, This company has provided housing for the folks ... of Oregon, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, New Mexico, Iowa and ... breaks designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims ...

New Mexico officers deliver three truckloads of supplies Sep 10, 2005
2theadvocate.com, BAKER -- A group of New Mexico law enforcement officers ... evacuate their homes after Hurricane Katrina struck ... housed in area relief shelters, immediately began ...

Evacuees consider settling in Santa Fe Sep 15, 2005
Santa Fe New Mexican, ...he helped deliver food to evacuees in shelters north of ... of durable medical equipment for evacuees from Hurricane Katrina who have relocated to New Mexico. ...

Leaving New Orleans as difficult as surviving the Dome Sep 21, 2005
Outer Banks Sentinel, ...most significant difference was that the New Mexico Disaster team ... from the Arena to shelters and hospitals ... afternoon without telling them about the hurricane. ...

Stage is set for unprecedented relief effort Sep 22, 2005
Brownsville Herald, Hurricane Rita’s movement toward Texas meant a ... Red Cross volunteers settled in, shelters in the ... troops, task forces from Nevada, New Mexico, Tennessee and ...

Coldwell Banker(R) 2005 Home Price Comparison Index Reveals $1.7 ... Sep 22, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), ...about the affordability of housing from one ... in the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina, statistics ... 829,500 Turnersville $257,385 $ 572,115 NEW MEXICO Santa Fe ...

Once again, Dallas prepares for evacuees Sep 20, 2005
WFAA (subscription), ..."The Hurricane Katrina survivors ... none of the evacuees from Katrina in Houston shelters will be ... Instead, they are being sent Tuesday to New Mexico and Arkansas. ...

Katrina in Perspective: Sep 15, 2005
Common Dreams, ...new immigrants (especially California, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona ... to provide Americans with decent housing, access to ... disaster, like a hurricane or earthquake ...

League race gets serious this week Sep 21, 2005
The Daily Advertiser, ...due to the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, the ... coaching and support staffs are currently housing, attending classes ... for the fall semester at New Mexico State in ...

Local Red Cross strike team preparing to leave for south Texas Sep 22, 2005
Mcalester News Capital, Cathey said, "We evacuate our shelters first and then we ... Vegas and part of the headquarters is in New Mexico.". Hurricane Rita is being called a "monster" storm ...

Texas Electric Utility Company Employees Restore Power, Volunteer ... Sep 15, 2005
PR Newswire (press release), ...to restore electricity in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. ... evacuee centers, and providing 50 computers at shelters along with ... Texas-New Mexico Power Company ...

Katrina refugees in TX being relocated Sep 20, 2005
KATC, ...areas due to the threat of Hurricane Rita ... today -- ending up in Arkansas, Tennessee, Nebraska and New Mexico. ... move Louisiana evacuees out of shelters in Corpus ...

FHLBank Dallas establishes $5M disaster relief program Sep 21, 2005
Dallas Business Journal, ...program to help with housing and community ... also will help support hurricane-displaced residents in ... of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Mexico. ...

Another hurricane-ravaged family makes way to valley Sep 14, 2005
Pahrump Valley Times, ...since leaving Gulfport the day before Hurricane Katrina made ... The road trip was on track until New Mexico. ... will both find jobs and affordable housing in Las ...

197 Rita evacuees land in EP Sep 23, 2005
El Paso Times, ...passengers, who were taken to several shelters set up to ... be housed in dorm rooms at New Mexico State University. ... on standby to greet the Hurricane Rita evacuees ...

A Look at New Mexicans Helping With the Relief Effort Sep 3, 2005
Albuquerque Journal (subscription), ...that Friday, hoping that government housing across the ... _The New Mexico State University athletics department is planning a ... and the victims of Hurricane Katrina ...

Take Your Best Shot Sep 21, 2005
Westword, ...maybe throw up -- on behalf of Hurricane Katrina survivors ... march from Wyoming to the New Mexico border led ... Chambliss and Joe Giron, of Housing Justice, walked ...

National Guard Preparing For Worst In New Orleans Sep 20, 2005
The New Mexico Channel.com, Tuesday night. The city said it is all about safety because those shelters might not hold up in a hurricane. However, some evacuees ...

Volunteers Outnumber Katrina Refugees at ABQ Convention Center Sep 6, 2005
Albuquerque Journal (subscription), ...people were evacuated from New Orleans shelters, but by ... who arrived seemed relieved to be in New Mexico. ... and Farmington to prepare space for hurricane victims. ...

Mesa Road pathway extended, several Belen streets to be paved Sep 21, 2005
Valencia County News Bulletin, ...is supporting that would create a New Mexico Health Care ... a fund-raiser for the victims of Hurricane Katrina ... greatest long-term need will be housing," Sherry said ...

USA: Band of helpers bring their boats, supplies, resolve Sep 14, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department in New Mexico who has ... and their captains in the days after the hurricane. ... at 10 pm Some sleep in shelters and camps ...

4:52 pm: New Mexicans urged to donate to hurricane relief funds Aug 31, 2005
Santa Fe New Mexican, ...state employees asking for contributions to the New Mexico Fund for Hurricane Katrina Disaster ... of local food pantries and emergency shelters in Louisiana ...

Mexican troops cross border to help Sep 9, 2005
Fort Worth Star Telegram, ...probably won't be needed at the San Antonio shelters. ... when they saw the TV images after Hurricane Katrina ... a group of Texans who invaded New Mexico the previous ...

USA Hurricane Katrina: What government is doing 13 Sep 2005 Sep 13, 2005
ReliefWeb (press release), ...established a network of medical shelters, staffed by ... Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico the number ... military personnel affected by Hurricane Katrina with ...

NM colleges to help students driven from Gulf Coast Sep 3, 2005
Santa Fe New Mexican, ...consideration for the victims of Hurricane Katrina who ... New Mexico State University has waived out-of-state tuition and is providing housing assistance. ...

Going back for more Sep 17, 2005
Corvallis Gazette Times, ...the expected site of the hurricane's landfall, to ... rising floodwaters, leaving the New Mexico team at ... re accustomed to providing temporary "housing" and meals ...

Refugees find temporary shelter in Albuquerque Sep 8, 2005
Portales News-Tribune, He said most of them stayed in shelters and homes ... Haman said the state of New Mexico is not scheduled ... important item they are needing for hurricane relief is ...

Danger Ahead?: Why America's Governors are Declaring States of ... Sep 6, 2005
Findlaw.com, United States as a result of Hurricane Katrina, and ... New Mexico and Arizona, meanwhile, are not alone in ... them inflated rent for substandard housing, and then ...

Housing for evacuees likely not needed Sep 7, 2005
Las Cruces Sun-News, ...has already been provided with public housing in Las ... the community response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster ... United Way of Southwest New Mexico has scheduled a ...

TIMELINE: Hurricane Katrina Actions, Non-Actions Sep 12, 2005
Executive Intelligence Review (EIR), Extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Katrina" getting ... vacation to travel to Arizona, New Mexico, and southern ... in American Red Cross shelters, not including ...

Portales opens doors to hurricane victims Sep 3, 2005
Clovis News Journal, ...doors to 15,000 displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina, Portales ... who can assist with the shelters and have ... victims can also call the New Mexico Disaster Relief ...

HAVOC PREVENTING NM RESCUERS FROM HELPING Sep 2, 2005
Albuquerque Journal (subscription), ...baseball team— to pluck survivors from Hurricane Katrina's deadly ... 1 isn't the only New Mexico contingent pitching in ... them in and out (to shelters) all night ...

New Mexicans urged to donate Sep 1, 2005
KRQE, Mexico Fund for Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief. She says the money will be given to Roadrunner Food Bank to hand out to food banks and emergency shelters in ...

Capitol efforts target consumer protection Sep 21, 2005
Green Bay Press Gazette, ...companies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina ... Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon and ... services, consumer food items, housing, building materials ...

Red Cross Doesn't Expect Many More Evacuees in Albuquerque Sep 8, 2005
ABQ Journal (subscription), ...issued an emergency declaration, making federal funding available to New Mexico for hurricane relief ... a cap of about $5 million to cover housing and overtime ...

How can you help? Sep 7, 2005
Valencia County News Bulletin, ...organization is seeking temporary foster homes for the pets of families who have been evacuated to New Mexico after Hurricane Katrina. Shelters cannot always ...

People Left Behind Find Ways To Survive Sep 3, 2005
Albuquerque Journal (subscription), ...where residents had the means to flee the hurricane. ... Word of horrid conditions at the shelters had spread ... were especially powerful for the New Mexico rescuers. ...

ABQ Offers Housing to 1,000 Families Displaced by Katrina Sep 3, 2005
Albuquerque Journal (subscription), ...the city hopes to provide housing, medical care ... some 1,000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina, along ... an offer to consider permanently moving to New Mexico. ...

Las Cruces briefs Sep 2, 2005
Las Cruces Sun-News, ...room of the Corbett Center at New Mexico State University ... The Housing Authority of the City of Las Cruces is ... from New Orleans, victims of Hurricane Katrina, who ...

Area prepares for evacuees Sep 5, 2005
Las Cruces Sun-News, It was also announced Monday that New Mexico State University will use campus housing to shelter ... any students displaced by the hurricane, and will ...

University of New Orleans baseball team to spend fall in southern ... Sep 9, 2005
Santa Fe New Mexican, Orleans baseball team, displaced by Hurricane Katrina, will be ... New Mexico State University officials announced Thursday that ... of books, fees and housing for the ...

For hurricane evacuees, home is wherever there's an open door Sep 7, 2005
Newsday, ...of Computational Mechanics, the New Mexico Dental Association _ ... 1,500 people displaced by Hurricane Katrina relocate ... In other places, shelters were working to ...

Some evacuees embrace new cities, lives Sep 18, 2005
Myrtle Beach Sun News, Forced out by Hurricane Katrina, they were airlifted ... conversations are taking place in shelters across the ... the foothills of the Sandia Mountains in New Mexico. ...

Evacuees find kindness, soul food at God's House Sep 8, 2005
Albuquerque Tribune, ...cover book fees and help with housing until they ... Company of New Mexico and Texas-New Mexico Power Company ... hold "Unity Day" to raise funds for hurricane victims ...

Cuba’s Hurricane Response Far Superior Sep 13, 2005
Pacific News Service, ...professor at the University of New Mexico, and specialist ... W. Bush’s reaction to Hurricane Katrina ... “Shelters all have medical personnel from the neighborhood ...





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

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    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
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    Hurricane could hit San Diego September 8, 2005
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    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.




Hurricane Index

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LOUISIANA
Abbeville
Acadia Parish
Alexandria
Allen Parish
Ascension Parish
Assumption Parish
Avoyelles Parish
Baton Rouge
Beauregard Parish
Bienville Parish
Black Lake
Bossier City
Bossier Parish
Caddo Parish
Calcasieu Parish
Caldwell Parish
Cameron
Cameron Parish
Catahoula Parish
Chalmette
Claiborne Parish
Concordia Parish
Covington
Creole
East Baton Rouge Parish
East Carroll Parish
East Feliciana Parish
Erath
Evangeline Parish
Five Lakes
Folsom
Franklin Parish
Grant Parish
Gueydan
Hahnville
Harvey
Holly Beach
Houma
Iberia Parish
Iberville Parish
Intracoastal Waterway
Jackson
Jackson Parish
Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson Parish
Kaplan
Kenner
Lafayette
Lafayette Parish
Lafourche Parish
Lake Charles
Laplace
Lincoln Parish
Livingston Parish
Madison Parish
Madisonville
Mandeville
Marrero
Metairie
Monroe
Morehouse Parish
Natchitoches Parish
New Iberia
New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Ouachita Parish
Plaquemines Parish
Pointe Coupee Parish
Rapides Parish
Red River Parish
Richland Parish
Sabine Parish
Shreveport
Slidell
St. Bernard Parish
St. Charles Parish
St. Helena Parish
St. James Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish
St. Landry Parish
St. Martin Parish
St. Mary Parish
St. Tammany Parish
Tangipahoa Parish
Tensas Parish
Terrebonne Parish
Terrytown
Union Parish
Vermilion Bay
Vermilion Parish
Vernon Parish
Washington Parish
Webster Parish
West Baton Rouge Parish
West Carroll Parish
West Feliciana Parish
Winn Parish

MISSISSIPPI
Adams County
Alcorn County
Amite County
Attala County
Batesville
Bay St. Louis
Benton County
Biloxi
Bolivar County
Brandon
Brookhaven
Calhoun County
Canton
Carroll County
Centreville
Chickasaw County
Choctaw County
Claiborne County
Clarke County
Clarksdale
Clay County
Cleveland
Clinton
Coahoma County
Columbus
Copiah County
Corinth
Covington County
D'Iberville
Florence
Flowood
Forrest County
Franklin County
Gautier
George County
Greene County
Greenville
Greenwood
Grenada
Gulfport
Hancock County
Harrison County
Hattiesburg
Hernando
Hinds County
Holly Springs
Holmes County
Humphreys County
Issaquena County
Itawamba County
Itta Bena
Jackson
Jackson County
Jasper County
Jefferson County
Jefferson Davis County
Jones County
Kemper County
Kosciusko
Lafayette County
Lamar County
Lauderdale County
Laurel
Lawrence County
Leake County
Lee County
Leflore County
Lincoln County
Lowndes County
Madison
Madison County
Marion County
Marshall County
McComb
Meridian
Monroe County
Montgomery County
Moss Point
Natchez
Neshoba County
Newton County
Noxubee County
Ocean Springs
Oktibbeha County
Oxford
Pascagoula
Pearl
Pearl River County
Perry County
Petal
Picayune
Pike County
Pontotoc
Pontotoc County
Poplarville
Port Gibson
Prentiss County
Quitman County
Rankin County
Richland
Ridgeland
Scott County
Simpson County
Smith County
Southaven
Starkville
Stone County
Sunflower County
Tallahatchie County
Tate County
Tippah County
Tishomingo County
Tunica County
Tupelo
Union County
Vancleave
Vicksburg
Walthall County
Warren County
Washington County
Waveland
Wayne County
Waynesboro
Webster County
West Point
Wilkinson County
Winona
Winston County
Woodville
Yazoo City
Yazoo County

TEXAS
Alta Loma
Alvin
Anahuac
Aransas County
Astrodome
Astroworld
Barrett
Bayou
Baytown
Bellaire
Bolivar Peninsula
Brazoria County
Brooks County
Calhoun County
Cameron County
Caplen
Chambers County
Channelview
Crosby
Dayton
Deer Park
Eastgate
El Lago
Fondren
Fort Bend County
Friendswood
Galena Park
Galveston County
Goliad County
Hardin County
Harris County
High Island
Highlands
Hitchcock
Houston
Humble
Intracoastal Waterway
Jacinto City
Jackson County
Jasper County
Jefferson County
Kenedy County
Kingwood
Kleberg County
La Porte
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