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
A tsunami by many other names. Meteorological tsunamis, known locally in Spain as âRissaga,â have often struck the long, narrow harbor at Ciutadella on the Spanish island of Menorca, part of the Balearic Islands, which also include Mallorca and Ibiza. A 4-meter-high wave in June 1984 damaged dozens of boats.