The Gulf Coast of the United States is increasingly vulnerable to hurricanes, a scientist has warned in a new study, 20 years after Katrina devastated New Orleans and hundreds of miles of coastline.
Mark Bove, a meteorologist with the German reinsurer Munich Re, warned in his review, seen by Reuters, that the risk of major hurricanes in the region making landfall is growing with time and the effectiveness of post-Katrina flood defense systems will fade.
In August 2005, Katrina touched Florida and then intensified as it crossed the warm Gulf of Mexico, resulting in nearly