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Hurricane Katrina: 3 painful lessons for emergency management are increasingly important 20 years later

  • Written by Eric Kevin Stern, Professor of Political Science, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, University at Albany, State University of New York
Hurricane Katrina: 3 painful lessons for emergency management are increasingly important 20 years laterNational Guard trucks carry rescued residents through floodwaters to the Superdome on Aug. 30, 2005, a day after Hurricane Katrina hit in New Orleans.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Hurricane Katrina looms large in the history of American emergency management, both for what went wrong as the disaster unfolded and for the policy changes it triggered.

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