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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Colorful parades rolled through New Orleans on Tuesday as thousands of revelers turned out to celebrate Mardi Gras in the city still scarred by Hurricane Katrina. Drinking and

The top two American winners at the Sundance Film Festival put faces on at least three political hot buttons: Hurricane Katrina, the collapse of the economy and illegal immigration.

Global warming could reduce how many hurricanes hit the United States, according to a new federal study that clashes with other research.

G-Power presented the world's fastest and most powerful street-legal BMW ‘G-Power Hurricane’. The 340-km/h G-POWER HURRICANE is based on the latest BMW M5. At the heart of the high-performance sedan is a five-liter V10 engine with G-POWER EVO II su

While you can’t control the intensity of the storm or your region’s response to flood damage, there are some vital precautions you can take to secure your home if a hurricane hits.

Natural disasters have influenced the course of history throughout the ages, causing famine, loss of life, and in extreme cases, the destruction of entire civilizations. Here are 10 of the strangest natural disasters on record.

The route to the moon and perhaps to Mars now goes through New Orleans — and the detour couldn't come at a better time in the city's struggle to rebuild its shattered economy after Hurricane Katrina.

There is little question that Hurricane Katrina hammered the poor when it inundated the Gulf Coast in August 2005, obliterating some of the poorest parts of the USA's poorest states. The question now is whether thousands of low-income residents who were d

The death toll from Tropical Storm Olga neared two dozen on Thursday after flash floods killed at least 19 people in the Dominican Republic, where

Sometimes the Weather can be very tricky to predict, but it gets even trickier when trying to predict hurricanes. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center are working towards solving the problem with a new device called HIRAD, or Hurricane Imaging Radiometer.