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  • The US government knows climate change is ravaging the planet

    by 
    Jessica Conditt
    Jessica Conditt
    11.27.2018

    Hurricane Katrina claimed nearly 2,000 lives when it struck the Gulf Coast of the United States in 2005, submerging New Orleans in floodwater and devastating the region for more than a decade. It was the costliest natural disaster in US history, causing more than $160 billion in damage. Hurricane Katrina was the result of human-driven climate change.