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Katrina leaves permanent scar on forests

An analysis of satellite imagery of the Gulf Coast shows that Hurricane Katrina destroyed an estimated 320 million trees in Mississippi and Louisiana, an unprecedented loss of forestland that will reshape the region for generations, Louisiana researchers reported today.

By Thomas H. Maugh II and Karen Kaplan

November 16, 2007

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