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1. Katrina generates heartbreak, debris Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast with such fury that debris created by the storm could take two years to clear. Millions of cubic yards of waste were created in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama as the hurricane came ashore Aug. 29.
Buildings and homes were ripped apart by winds or washed away by floodwaters, and hordes of people were either forced to evacuate the area as a precaution before the storm or as an emergency after the hurricane crushed local infrastructure. Estimates vary regarding how much waste Hurricane Katrina created, but much of the vegetative debris is being burned to save landfill space. Katrina created an estimated 15 million cubic yards of waste just in New...
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