Water rises in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans in the file photo from Friday, Sept. 23. 2005. Hurricane Rita brought more high winds and tides into the New Orleans area. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, FILE)
Hurricane season could match '05: UN (Ruh Rho!) ^
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Reuters ^ | 03/02/06 | Mica Rosenberg
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - This year's hurricane season could match the record breaking destruction caused by storms in 2005, the United Nations warned. In 2005, an unprecedented 27 tropical storms, 15 of which became full-blown hurricanes, battered Central America and the U.S. Gulf coast, killing more than 3,000 people and causing tens of billions of dollars in damage. "We have reason to fear that 2006 could be as bad as 2005," Jan Egeland, the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs who coordinates U.N. emergency relief, told Reuters on Wednesday. "We have had a dramatic increase in climate related natural disasters and...
"One hurricane hitting where you live is enough to make it a bad season," Mayfield told reporters.