WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - On the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact on the Gulf Coast, the results of a new CNN/ORC International poll found that Americans are divided on whether the country is better prepared for natural disasters.
The poll found that 51 percent of Americans think the country has not learned a lesson from Hurricane Katrina and is just as vulnerable as it was ten years.
The percentage saying the country is just as vulnerable is up from 48 percent in a poll conducted just a year after the storm.
Meanwhile, 47 percent say the country is much better prepared for natural disasters and other emergencies that it was ten years ago, down from 51 percent.
CNN said at least 1,833 people died during Hurricane Katrina and subsequent floods in what was determined to be the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history.
Most Americans continue to feel sadness when thinking about the aftermath of the storm and the recovery effort since then, while the percentage saying they feel anger has fallen to 39 percent from 62 percent.
The CNN/ORC survey of 1,001 adult Americans was conducted August 13th through 16th and has margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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