In a new report released by Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters Center (SSPEED), which is based at the Rice University, researchers are drawing attention on the possible impacts a category 5 hurricane could have on the cities of Houston and Galveston. According to the experts, both of the... |
27 May 2010
03:04 GMT |
 |
|
Hurricane Katrina (2005), one of the largest natural disasters in the history of the United States, is still a fresh memory in the minds of New Orleans residents, and of citizens across the country. The unimaginable extent of the damages caused by the floods left authorities at the time wondering where to start rescu... |
1 December 2009
08:22 GMT |
|
|
It would appear that negligence on the part of experts in the US Army Corps of Engineers led to the flooding of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. The ruling belongs to a US judge, who came to the conclusion after analyzing pieces of evidence for and against, presented by six residents and a business on the one... |
19 November 2009
10:36 GMT |
|
|
In a new, long-term plan that stretches about 100 years into the future, engineers write that diverting the sediment-rich waters from the Mississippi River towards New Orleans could result in important, new stretches of land being created around the city over the next century. The river's delta is already shrink... |
21 October 2009
10:04 GMT |
|
|
In a new scientific study, published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers from the Louisiana State University report that the measures state authorities were considering taking so as to restore the marshes that have long since disappeared are inadequate. That is to say, officials have bee... |
29 June 2009
19:01 GMT |
|
|
Find us on Google+
