Yahoo News - U.N. official says Katrina among worst natural disasters
"United Nations Undersecretary-General Jan Egeland...called Katrina one of 'the largest, most destructive natural disasters ever.' Egeland said you could not compare the tsunami and Katrina in terms of the human toll, but in purely economic costs, this week's storm that ravaged New Orleans and other parts of the U.S. Gulf coast could easily dwarf the devastation of other recent natural disasters." [Fearsome Events, Luke 21:11]