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
Natural disasters and shoreline erosion. are two of the main threats that coastal communities face. Such communities are particularly. vulnerable to hurricanes and tsunamis, and as more people move to the coast, the potential of. such events causing catastrophic loss of life and property damage also rises.