In the days after Hurricane Katrina, the federal government left us to die like dogs in front of the Superdome and the Convention Center.
"It will be days before we can know the full extent of the damage left behind by Hurricane Sandy in New York City and the rest of the state, " Rob Lillpopp, a spokesperson for the Business Council of New York State, told the BBC.
The four-day conference looks at a range of public policy issues relevant to African Americans, but the focus of the gathering has shifted this year to reflect the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina and the poverty that has left so many so vulnerable.
The area where the shooting happened is a poor neighbourhood that is still recovering from the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, she adds.
The tradition is slowly disappearing, because of the relatively high costs of beads and feathers, and because many "Indians" left the city after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The brokerage has been the latest victim of Hurricane Sandy, which left as many as 8 million powerless over the past few days.
One of the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina were the thousands of pets who got left behind to fend for themselves.
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Hurricane Katrina left the impression that the Federal Emergency Management Agency handles all federal disasters.
For the pets left behind after Hurricane Katrina, relief is on the way, but it's a race against time.
The wreckage created by Hurricane Katrina has left a public health disaster in its wake.
He says the air around his old New Orleans house still carries the stench left by post-hurricane floods.
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The government has also invested in supporting health centers and recruiting primary care providers, nurses and other professionals to fill shortages left by the 2005 hurricane, he said.
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Plumbing snafus, exacerbated by Hurricane Dennis, left the platform listing.
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There were plenty of reminders that all is not normal though, after Hurricane Sandy tore through the Eastern seaboard and left millions of residents and businesses without power.
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Hurricane Ike left a trail of destruction when it roared through the Caribbean earlier this week.
When Hurricane Katrina struck, many displaced families were left wondering how to explain the changes to their children with autism, said Lynda Geller, a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the New York University's School of Medicine.
He'd been saying that since August 29 when Green, and his brother left the corpse behind to help save survivors of their New Orleans household from Hurricane Katrina.
As everyone now knows, Hurricane Sandy pummeled New York City and much of the mid-coastal area this past weekend and left a path of destruction that is still being assessed at this very moment.
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