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U.S. Unprepared For 'Next Katrina'
The nation remains unprepared to deal with another major disaster of the magnitude of a Hurricane Katrina, concludes a new report from the Durham, North Carolina-based Institute for Southern Studies.
The report comes as Hurricane Earl makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean and is potentially headed for the North Carolina coast.
In its report, “Learning from Katrina: Lessons from Five Years of Recovery and Renewal in the Gulf Coast,” the nonprofit organization says that many of the failures in disaster planning and recovery have yet to be addressed.
Specifically, the report notes that the Federal Emergency Management Agency still omits international standards for protecting storm victims in its disaster framework and that federal officials have yet to expand contractor investigations or oversight to reduce waste, fraud and abuse.
James Gallagher writes for the Triangle Business Journal
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