Natural Hazards Center Webinars

Hurricane Debbie
Neighborhood in Sarasota, Florida flooded by rainfall from Hurricane Debbie. Source: Bilanol via Shutterstock.

Webinars hosted by the Natural Hazards Center highlight topics relevant to the foundations and future of the hazards and disaster field. These sessions feature presentations and dynamic conversations from speakers pursuing research and its applications to strengthen hazard preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation.

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Recordings of past webinars are listed below. We also encourage you to visit our Making Mitigation Work webinar series archive and CONVERGE webinar series.

Hurricane Katrina at 20: Looking Back and Moving Forward
August 29, 2025, 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. MDT

Speakers:
Vern Baxter, University of New Orleans
Pamela Jenkins, University of New Orleans
Jacquelyn Litt, Rutgers University
Steve Kroll-Smith, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Lori Peek, University of Colorado Boulder