The CDC's disease prevention efforts include educating the public on how to recognize and avoid contracting common infectious diseases, such as the flu and strep throat.
DISASTERS Hurricane Katrina approaches landfall on the Gulf coast. Very little on land or water was spared by the storm when it struck in 2005. (Image from NOAA) Hurricane Katrina caused devastating personal, social, economic, and cultural losses. This image shows homes destroyed by the storm in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. (Image from
Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast on Monday, August 29, 2005. This was the worst hurricane to hit New Orleans since Hurricane Betsy in September of 1965.urricane Katrina first formed as a tropical depression on August 23, 2005 and struck Florida on August 25. Katrina's famous landfall near New Orleans was on August 29. Katrin â¦ a was absorbed by another system on August 30. 3 people found this useful.