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Nearly 40,000 Katrina families still in mobile homes
(Reuters) Reuters - Almost three years after Hurricane Katrina, nearly 40,000 families still are living in vulnerable mobile homes and trailers across the U.S. Gulf Coast with another hurricane season just two months away, the top U.S. disaster official said on Wednesday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Nearly 40,000 Katrina families still in mobile homes ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Almost three years after Hurricane Katrina, nearly 40,000 families still are living in vulnerable mobile homes and trailers across the U.S. Gulf Coast with another hurricane season just two months away, the top U.S. disaster official said on Wednesday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Scientists Think Like a Hurricane to Beat the Next Katrina When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in late August 2005 and the levees around the city broke, flooding the city and killing hundreds, Ed Link was as surprised as everyone else. He shouldn't have been. As one of the nation's foremost hurricane experts, Link, a professor at the Univ Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Scientists Think Like a Hurricane to Beat the Next Katrina When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in late August 2005 and the levees around the city broke, flooding the city and killing hundreds, Ed Link was as surprised as everyone else. He shouldn't have been. As one of the nation's foremost hurricane experts, Link, a professor at the Univ Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Fire near Yosemite park threatens 2,000 homes
(Reuters) Reuters - About 2,000 homes were at risk from an erratic and fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park that was raging across 18,000 acres (6,475 hectares) and had not yet been contained, a fire official said on Sunday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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China quake kills nearly 10,000 in Sichuan province
(Reuters) Reuters - An earthquake devastated southwestern China, killing close to 10,000 people and trapping hundreds of others under schools, factories and houses while the worst-hit area was still cut off from rescuers on Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Displaced by Katrina and edged out of FEMA trailer parks - Los Angeles Times KCBY.com 11Displaced by Katrina and edged out of FEMA trailer parksLos Angeles Times - 13 hours agoTim Mueller / AP ON THE MOVE: Renaissance Village trailer park resident Derrick Williams, right, and friend Larry Jackson haul items to the trash as Williams prepares to m Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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China quake kills nearly 10,000 in Sichuan province CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - An earthquake devastated southwestern China, killing close to 10,000 people and trapping hundreds of others under schools, factories and houses while the worst-hit area was still cut off from rescuers on Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Fire near Yosemite park threatens 2,000 homes SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - About 2,000 homes were at risk from an erratic and fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park that was raging across 18,000 acres (6,475 hectares) and had not yet been contained, a fire official said on Sunday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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Nearly two million flee Hurricane Gustav NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Nearly 2 million people fled the Louisiana coast on Sunday as Hurricane Gustav moved within hours of striking land, possibly with a weaker punch than 2005's devastating Hurricane Katrina. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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McCain Slams Federal Response to Katrina - ABC News Javno.hrMcCain Slams Federal Response to KatrinaABC News - 1 hour agoBY RON CLAIBORNE Under a sweltering spring sun, Sen John McCain, R-Ariz., strolled a desolate thoroughfare today in this city's still-devastated Ninth Ward.McCain Criticizes Katrina Response as â Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Charges dismissed against police in post-Katrina shootings - CNN Charges dismissed against police in post-Katrina shootingsCNN - 35 minutes agoNEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- A judge Wednesday dismissed all charges against six police officers and a former officer who'd been accused of shooting unarmed civilians -- two of them fatally -- Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Myanmar cyclone toll climbs to nearly 22,500
(Reuters) Reuters - Myanmar's military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis on Tuesday to nearly 22,500 with another 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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T-Mobile leaves 300,000 disconnected Database corruption blamed 300,000 UK T-Mobile customers had a quiet morning as they were unable to make or receive calls thanks to a database snafu that forced the operator to restore from backups - a process which is still in progress.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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California wildfire forces 1,000 to evacuate
(Reuters) Reuters - A wildfire that began along a popular hiking trail forced 1,000 people to evacuate their homes in the hills northeast of Los Angeles on Sunday, officials said. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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California fires destroy 1,000 homes, winds ease
(Reuters) Reuters - Wildfires hop-scotched around Southern California on Sunday although calmer winds slowed flames that have destroyed almost 1,000 houses, forced tens of thousands to evacuate and turned some neighborhoods into scenes resembling war zones. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Judge tosses Katrina lawsuit against Engineer Corps
(Reuters) Reuters - A federal judge in New Orleans on Wednesday dismissed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the failure of the city's levee system during Hurricane Katrina's floods in 2005. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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AMR cancels nearly 1,100 flights for inspections
(Reuters) Reuters - American Airlines canceled almost 1,100 flights, or nearly half its schedule, on Wednesday to reinspect aircraft, a disruption that affected about 100,000 passengers and triggered chaos at the busiest U.S. airports. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Research: IT leaders can slash nearly 40 percent of spending The weakening economy is beginning to effect the earnings of companies outside the industries that have been hit hardest by the mortgage crisis (financial services, real estate, and construction). Yesterday, UPS attributed a nearly 10 percent drop in its earnings per Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Officials say New Mexico wildfire has burned nearly 60 homes
(AP) AP - Firefighters worked in cooler, calmer weather Saturday to clear lines around a blaze that has burned nearly 60 homes and more than 20 square miles in the mountains of central New Mexico. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |