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Ivis García , Texas A&M University ; Deidra Davis , Texas A&M University , and Walter Gillis Peacock , Texas A&M University

(THE CONVERSATION) Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, the images still haunt us : entire neighborhoods underwater, families stranded on rooftops and a city brought to its knees .

We study disaster planning at Texas A&M University and look for ways communities can improve storm safety for everyone, particularly low-income and minority neighborhoods.

Katrina made clear what many disaster researchers have long found: Hazards such as hurricanes may be natural, but the death and destruction is largely human-m

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