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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – As it rumbled toward the city, the 35-foot wave of rain-swollen water churned over and onto itself like a giant snowball, swallowing trees, boulders, homes and anything else in its path. In minutes, the powerful rush flattened homes, uprooted trees and moved buildings hundreds of feet. It …

KENNER, La. – A 73-year-old diabetic grandmother and church elder who fled Katrina’s floodwaters for the safety of a hotel ended up in prison instead for more than two weeks — all over a bite of food. Police in this New Orleans suburb arrested Merlene Maten (search) the day after …

NEW YORK – Edie Lutnick can’t watch images of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation for very long. The memories it evokes are too painful. “How do you watch people saying that their loved ones are missing and look at pictures of missing people and not have it be reminiscent of 9/11?” said …