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Katrina - One Year Later

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August 30th, 2006 - 06:24PM

Katrina - One Year Later
Photo: Greg Beals/International Rescue Committee

Only days after Hurricane Katrina destroyed a swath of the Gulf Coast, the International Rescue Committee dispatched an emergency team of relief experts to Louisiana. For the first time in its 73-year history, the organization responded to a humanitarian crisis in the United States. Link

The IRC's Lisa David, a Louisiana native, traveled back to her home state to join an IRC team supporting local relief efforts for people displaced by the disaster. A look back at her week blogging on the road:

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Posted By: Kathleen Sands | Hurricane Katrina
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