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Hurricane Katrina
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2005
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Norman C. Francis (1) · Xavier University (1) · Presidential Medal of Freedom (1) · Hurricane Katrina (1) · Civil Rights Pioneer (1) · Education Champion (1) · New Orleans (1) · University President (1)
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Hurricane Katrina was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed 1,392 people and caused damage estimated at $125 billion, particularly in and around the city of New Orleans, in late August 2005. It is tied with Hurricane Harvey as being the costliest tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin. Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, the third major hurricane, and the second Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
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🇺🇸 Norman C. Francis, civil rights champion and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, dies at 94Norman C. Francis, a civil rights pioneer and champion of education who played a pivotal role in helping rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, ...
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