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Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on August 29, 2005, resulted in the loss of more than one thousand lives in New Orleans and surrounding areas in eastern Louisiana. On September 23, Hurricane Rita caused extensive property damage in the western

At 7 a-m. CDT on Sunday, August 28, 2005, Hurricane Katrina was upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane, the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson scale. By 9:30 a.m. CDT that same morning, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin called for a first-ever mandatory

The purpose of this report to the Commission is to provide an overview and analysis of drought and drought management issues in the West and to propose recommendations for improving the coping capacity of the region. The report is divided into five

Geophysical research letters, vol. 34, L06407, doi:10.1029/2006GL029127:

This article addresses grassland drought assessment within the United States through the monitoring of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and normalized difference water

National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) guidance on impact and vulnerability assessments is found in the Center’s “risk assessment and management” planning model (Knutson et al. 1998, Wilhite 2000, Wilhite 2001, Hayes et al. 2004). Drought risk is

This report assesses American Red Cross' activities to three of the major hurricanes that struck US in the last years, particularly focusing on the issue of responding to individual needs, in order to rebuild their communities, as a fundamental part of

Tsunamis are low probability but high impact events, and the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004 demonstrated international vulnerability. Over the past year investments in tsunami detection and warning have made individuals safer in their homes and

This guide describes a practical step-by-step process for identifying actions that can be taken to reduce potential drought-related impacts before a drought occurs. Step 1 begins with making sure that the right people are brought together and supplied