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1 day ago · Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. [ 1] Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third major hurricane of ...
Jul 25, 2024 · Hurricane Katrina, tropical cyclone that struck the southeastern United States in August 2005, breaching levees and causing widespread death and damage. Ultimately, the storm caused more than $160 billion in damage, and it reduced the population of New Orleans by 29 percent between the fall of 2005 and 2011.
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22 hours ago · uaq .ma. The University of al-Qarawiyyin ( Arabic: جامعة القرويين, romanized :Jāmiʻat al-Qarawīyīn ), also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of ...
Jul 16, 2024 · Russian anger builds as Greece prepares a military deal with Ukraine. Greece’s concern for its own security has made it a supporter of Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion.
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Jul 31, 2024 · Al Kresta, a longtime Catholic radio host, author, and founder and president of Ave Maria Radio, died Saturday at his Michigan home after a battle with liver cancer. He was 73. A former Evangelical Protestant who rose to prominence as a radio host before his conversion to Catholicism in 1992, Kresta’s voice was heard on hundreds of radio ...
1 day ago · Al-Andalus [a] ( Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim -ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern-day Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain, and Southern France. The name describes the different Muslim [1] [2] states that controlled these territories at various times between ...
