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TAMPA, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 09: Tampa looks deserted as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Milton on October 09, 2024 in Tampa, Florida. Milton, which comes just after the recent catastrophic Hurricane Helene, has strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast and is expected to make landfall late Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Milton approaches Florida

Residents have been told to evacuate or die. The Category 5 storm follows two weeks after Category 4 Hurricane Helene hit the area

  • Gerard Martinez
  • Gianrigo Marletta
4 min read
Waves from the storm surge from Hurricane Laura began to come ashore at Sea Rim State Park on August 26, 2020 in Sabine Pass, Texas. Laura rapidly strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane during the day, prompting the National Hurricane Center to describe the accompanying storm surge as “unsurvivable” and noted that it could penetrate up to 30 miles inland from the immediate coastline. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
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‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Laura makes landfall in US

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.

  • Agence France Presse
4 min read
Early learning difficulties lead to school dropout, poor matric results, repeated school years and a less effective system for preparing young people for the world
CORONAVIRUS

What we are learning about distance learning

Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg has learned some important lessons about teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown

  • Mark Potterton
5 min read
(Mike Hutchings/ Reuters)
CLIMATE CHANGE

Even superpowers can’t handle superstorms

Before we get to the response to Cyclone Idai, it is worth reminding ourselves about how richer countries respond to similar natural disasters.

  • Simon Allison
4 min read
Outside a restaurant in New Orleans. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
DINIKA GOVENDER

Déjà blues in New Orleans

The Big Easy is much like small-town South Africa — charming, with poverty in the back streets

  • Dinika Govender
6 min read
Hurricane Harvey is seen in the Texas Gulf Coast in this NOAA GOES satellite image.
DONALD TRUMP

‘Disaster’ looms as Hurricane Harvey barrels towards Texas

Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked President Donald Trump to preemptively declare Harvey a "major disaster" in order to speed federal assistance.

  • Staff Reporter
6 min read
With the storm nearly stalled
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Hurricane Isaac drenches US Gulf Coast, test for New Orleans

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.

  • Scott Malone
6 min read
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Obama hails New Orleans five years post-Katrina

United States President Barack Obama, marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on Sunday, praised the city’s resilience.

  • Tangi Quemener
4 min read
CATHERINE SHOARD

Big Easy back on celluloid map

Louisiana is the third-most popular state in which to shoot a film in the United States, thanks chiefly to huge tax incentives.

  • Catherine Shoard
4 min read
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The show goes on

Three years after hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is mounting­ the United States’s biggest biennial of modern art. Teri Grenert reports.

  • Staff Reporter
9 min read
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Weakened Hurricane Gustav hits US Gulf Coast

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.

  • Tim Gaynor
  • Matthew Bigg
4 min read
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Tropical storm strengthens on the way to Texas

Tropical Storm Edouard was forecast to reach near-hurricane strength as it headed towards the gulf coast of Texas on Tuesday.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
HIVAIDS

Hurricane havoc

Officials and Aids organisations are working to provide care to the nearly 8 000 HIV-positive people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read