But the poorly designed protection system was widely known to be too weak to protect against a major hurricane.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

Mary Chapin Carpenter describes real events such as Hurricane Katrina, landing on the moon,and protests by religious workers in Burma.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

This week on our program. We visit New Orleans,Louisiana, to learn about the recovery efforts since Hurricane Katrina.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

That is why it is hard to tell a powerful storm, Hurricane Andrew, caused severe damage to the area in nineteen ninety-two.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

It can also cause flooding. Wind speeds in a category two hurricane can reach close to one hundred eighty kilometers an hour.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

The war in Iraq and the handling of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans took attention from one of the president's biggest successes.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

Ron Rivera improved the design after a deadly storm, Hurricane Mitch, struck Central America in nineteen ninety-eight.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

Scientists use the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale to measure the intensity of storms based on wind speed.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

"If it gets on land, will they make us leave?" "If we have a hurricane and the oil washes over the land, they will condemn it.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

However,most of New Orleans and its people are still struggling to rebuild and recover after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August of two thousand five.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

That is just under the wind-speed of a hurricane,a very severe ocean storm.

VOA: special.2010.10.19

The early November winds reached hurricane force and caused waves eleven meters high.

VOA: special.2009.11.11

She says it began when Hurricane Charley hit Florida in two thousand four.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

Harry Connick,Junior sings his song honoring the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

Their city is still recovering from the hurricane.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Five years ago this August, Hurricane Katrina struck.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The Atlantic hurricane season officially began Tuesday.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

The mildest hurricane is called category one.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

As we cross the river, he takes us through a lock he says has been closed since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

VOA: standard.2010.05.09

When Hurricane Katrina destroyed their oyster grounds, Henry invested $30,000 of his retirement money to re-seed the beds.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

During Hurricane Katrina, Zeitoun spent five heroic days and nights in his canoe distributing supplies to besieged residents and rescuing those he could.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

He saw the damage that Hurricane Katrina caused to the bayou in 2005.

VOA: standard.2010.05.06