The New Orleans region is likely to see a hurricane about every seven years and a major hurricane about every 20.
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New Orleans has about a 40% chance of getting hit by a tropical storm in any given year. Here’s how heat, winds and the shape of the seafloor raise the hurricane damage risk.
Sinking land plus rising seas are putting hundreds of millions of people at risk.
Is the public education that Ruby Bridges fought to integrate a relic of the past?
After the news media move on from a major disaster site, rebuilding continues for years.
Mac Rebennack took the stage name Dr John and a persona based on a real-life voodoo prince.
Many homes, parks and businesses in US cities stand on former manufacturing sites that may have left legacy hazardous wastes behind. A new book calls for more research into our urban industrial past.
Cities around the world, including Toronto, are building housing on flood plains knowing the risks in the era of climate change. Here’s why that will contribute to growing inequality in our cities.
Trump’s anti-Haitian rhetoric ignores a long pattern of migration from Haiti to the U.S., often driven by American meddling in Haitian affairs. Today, the two nations are irrevocably bound by history.
Is the Federal Emergency Management Agency ready for the new era of disasters?
Many people may have stayed put during Hurricane Harvey because no storm that big had struck Texas since 1961. But like New Orleans after Katrina, Texas is likely to be much better prepared next time.
Monuments to the Confederacy in New Orleans and many other cities are problematic. But a mere erasure will not address the issues around racism and racial inequality.
Memorials to confederate generals are lightning rods today for the same racist views they fought for 150 years ago.
Each Mardi Gras, 25 million pounds of beads hit the streets of New Orleans. One researcher went to the Chinese factories that make them – and spoke to the workers who believe the beads will be given to royalty.
Obama’s trips to vastly different areas – New Orleans and Alaska – laid bare the rising costs of adapting to climate change, now and in the future.
Ten years after Katrina, recovery in New Orleans is mixed – divided in familiar patterns between white and black, rich and poor. The same groups that suffered the brunt of the storm still struggle.
There were only 3,964 seniors in the graduating New Orleans class of 2015, which represents only half of the original cohort of babies. What happened to the missing children?
The resurrection of New Orleans is a tale of resiliency, but other American cities must heed lessons learned by the storm or face disaster in the decades ahead.
New Orleans police have been eulogized as heroes and condemned as racists in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. A scholar examines the legacy of conflicting narratives and points to a way forward.
In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans implemented significant changes to its education system. But the reforms may have excluded a lot of parents from decision-making.
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Professor of Teacher Education, University of Nebraska Omaha
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PhD Candidate in Urban Geography, University of Heidelberg
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Professor of Education, Stockton University
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Associate Professor Emeritus of Education, Rowan University
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Adjunct professor, Flagler College
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Professor of Sociology and Director of the Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Practice in Meteorology, Professor of International Affairs & Director Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Alabama
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Derek H. Alderman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of History and International Relations, Florida International University
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Adjunct Faculty, School of Critical & Cultural Studies, Department of English, Bowling Green State University
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Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
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PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of California, Riverside