Hurricane

Hurricane

FEMA watchdog: Mistakes could be repeated

WASHINGTON — The government could end up repeating mistakes seen after Hurricane Katrina without a better plan for housing people after a catastrophe, FEMA’s internal watchdog told lawmakers Wednesday.

Emergency officials: Plan, prepare, review

Emergency managers say their advice to residents about this hurricane season is the same as it has been every year: plan, prepare and review.

Emergency managers say their advice to residents about this hurricane season is the same as it has been every year: plan, prepare and review.

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Tropical depression - A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 38 mph or less.
Tropical storm - A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind is 39-73 mph.
Hurricane Watch - An announcement for an area that a hurricane or hurricane conditions may pose a threat to coastal areas within 36 hours.
Hurricane warning - A warning that sustained winds of 74 mph or higher associated with a hurricane is expected within 24 hours or less.

Hurricanes leave havoc in their wake. The 10 costliest to hit the U.S. mainland:

Galveston, Texas, 1900, 8,000 to 12,000 dead.

Lake Okeechobee, Fla., 1928, 1,836.

Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 2005, 1,605 (Katrina)

Florida Keys and South Texas, 1919, more than 600 to 900.

New England, 1938, 600.

Florida Keys, 1935, 408.

Southwest Louisiana and North Texas, 1957, 390 (Audrey)

Northeast U.S., 1944, 390.

Grand Isle, La., 1909, 350.

New Orleans, 1915, 275.

Galveston, Texas, 1915, 275.

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