The most valuable words I ever heard about leadership were provided by retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen, whom I met in 2010 at RAND’s Washington, D.C., offices. He’s best known for bringing ...
Twenty years later, Edward Buckles Jr. remembers Katrina − remembers at age 13 having his neighborhood swept away by the hurricane's raging waters, a defining moment of his life that would dislodge ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louisiana often relies on federal assistance after its struck by natural disasters. But President Trump has indicated he wants to ...
WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) — Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a Wilson County pastor is using her family's traumatic experience with the storm to help Middle Tennessee ...
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. enters another dangerous season with a fractured national emergency response system. Katrina showed what happens when truth and trusted communication are ...
This hurricane season marks 20 years since Katrina made landfall—its devastation stretching far beyond the flooded streets of New Orleans. It was a disaster that permanently changed communities, ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is convening a virtual public workshop focused on the needs of children and youth in disasters. The aims of this workshop are to explore ...
NhuNgoc Pham was a high school student living in the New Orleans metro area when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Her parents, immigrants from Vietnam, had recently purchased ...
Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast and New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005. The storm and flooding left thousands dead and billions in damage. Now, 20 years later, America remembers the storm. But ...