disasters – Page 49 – People's World

Powerful quake hits Chile, tsunami floods coast

September 17, 2015 By Associated Press

"Once again, we must confront a powerful blow from nature."

California landscape scorched as wildfires blaze on

September 15, 2015 By Blake Skylar

With 700,000 acres burned so far this year, there's no end in sight for the inferno; or firefighters and victims, the numbers represent an uphill battle.

The way to remember 9/11: Restore workers’ rights and the Constitution

September 11, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

It seems that in the intervening years, the country as a whole - and its political leaders in particular - have forgotten about this attack and its victims.

On Katrina and lessons from Cuba

September 10, 2015 By August H. Nimtz Jr.

Ten years after Katrina the racial disparities in New Orleans, in the richest country in the world, have actually widened.

Today in history: Hurricane Katrina’s pain index 10 years later

August 28, 2015 By Bill Quigley

When Katrina hit, the nation saw tens of thousands left behind in New Orleans. Ten years later, it looks like the same people have been left behind again.