Residents have been told to evacuate or die. The Category 5 storm follows two weeks after Category 4 Hurricane Helene hit the area
The Atlantic storm season, which runs through November, could be one of the busiest ever this year, with the NHC predicting as many as 25 named storms. Laura is the 12th so far.
Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg has learned some important lessons about teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown
Before we get to the response to Cyclone Idai, it is worth reminding ourselves about how richer countries respond to similar natural disasters.
The Big Easy is much like small-town South Africa — charming, with poverty in the back streets
Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked President Donald Trump to preemptively declare Harvey a "major disaster" in order to speed federal assistance.
Floodwater from Hurricane Isaac jumped a levee in New Orleans but the barriers built to protect the city after the Katrina disaster were not breached.
United States President Barack Obama, marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on Sunday, praised the city’s resilience.
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/ 19 February 2010
Louisiana is the third-most popular state in which to shoot a film in the United States, thanks chiefly to huge tax incentives.
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/ 17 December 2008
Three years after hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is mounting the United States’s biggest biennial of modern art. Teri Grenert reports.
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/ 1 September 2008
Hurricane Gustav roared ashore on the US Gulf Coast on Monday, lashing New Orleans with winds and rain but sparing the city its full force.
Tropical Storm Edouard was forecast to reach near-hurricane strength as it headed towards the gulf coast of Texas on Tuesday.
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/ 14 September 2005
Officials and Aids organisations are working to provide care to the nearly 8 000 HIV-positive people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.