14 Devastating Natural Disasters of the Past Decade

14 Devastating Natural Disasters of the Past Decade

The Fiscal Times Staff  // 

Hurricane Katrina

New Orleans, September 20, 2005 - The city's Ninth Ward took a severe blow from Hurricane Katrina's winds and floodwaters; devastation fills the eye in every direction. Some sections of the city were under as much as eight feet of water.

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