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This Happened — August 29: Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall

This Happened — August 29: Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall

Updated July 23, 2024 at 11:50 a.m. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. on this day in 2005. What was Hurricane Katrina? Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 hurricane at the time of its landfall, with sustained winds of around 125 miles per hour (200 kilometers per hour). It was […]

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Brazil Floods: Lessons For Porto Alegre From New Orleans’ Post-Katrina Mistakes

The Municipal Department of Water and Sewage of Porto Alegre (Demae) opened floodgate number 3, between Avenida Maua and Rua Padre Tome.
The Municipal Department of Water and Sewage of Porto Alegre (Demae) opened floodgate number 3, between Avenida Maua and Rua Padre Tome. Diego Pires Jonko/Thenews2/ZUMA

Similarities have been drawn between the cases of New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Porto Alegre, which last month the worst flooding in 80 years. But the U.S. reconstruction was an enormous failure, and Brazil should not look at it for solutions.

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