Elderly vulnerable in hurricanes - US study
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Thirteen of the 31 deaths linked to Hurricane Charley in Florida last month were people over age 60, many of them apparently
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Only one of the 31 Floridians killed by Hurricane Charley last month was a victim of drowning, the US government reports in new findings that run counter to data showing drownings were responsible for more than 80 percent of US hurricane deaths over the
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President Bush is offering moral support and financial aid to states hard hit by the latest hurricane to strike the United States.
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Less than half of the nation's communities have begun preparing to deal with the needs of the elderly, whose ranks will swell dramatically with the aging of the baby boomers, according to a study to be released Wednesday.
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The number of hurricanes churning through   the Caribbean toward the United States this year is likely to   be less than once feared and may even be less than normal, a   noted U.S. hurricane research team said on Friday.
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The urgent needs created by three major natural disasters &amp;#151; the tsunami in Asia, earthquake in Pakistan and hurricanes Rita, Katrina and Wilma &amp;#151; drove American philanthropy to its highest level since the end of the technology boom, a new study showed.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Rita Weston survived Hurricane Charley huddled under a mattress with her husband and mother in a mobile home she bought 35 years ago. But before the storm passed, the home was reduced to scrap wood and metal.
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One day after Donald Seither&#39;s mobile home was ripped up by Hurricane Charley, the 74-year-old retiree picked up a friend&#39;s phone and pleaded for federal aid.
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Eighteen months after Hurricane Katrina, Stella Chambers' modest red-brick house had finally been repaired, and she was waiting for one last utility hookup to move back in. But the 85-year-old woman never made it.
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STATEWIDE: President Bush declared a major disaster in the counties affected by Hurricane Frances, meaning residents will be eligible for federal aid.
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The National Hurricane Center is forecasting an active year for storms, but a new poll shows that people living in coastal areas still aren't prepared
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The lead author of the new study said the findings suggested that further warming would probably make hurricanes stronger in coming decades.
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When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver.
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Security weaknesses have left millions of elderly, disabled and poor Americans vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure of their medical and personal records, federal investigators said Tuesday.
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ST. FRANCISVILLE, Louisiana  - The owners of a New Orleans-area nursing home where 35 elderly people drowned during Hurricane Katrina were found not guilty of all charges on Friday by a Louisiana jury.
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Thirteen of the 31 deaths linked to  Hurricane Charley in Florida last month were people over age  60, many of them apparently overwhelmed by efforts to clean up  after the storm, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Rita Weston survived  Hurricane Charley huddled under a mattress with her husband and  mother in a mobile home she bought 35 years ago. But before the  storm passed, the home was reduced to scrap wood and metal.