Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina Survivor Dies On Christmas Day At Age 100

Greeneville Sun - ‎Jan 4, 2017‎
Clothilde Mack, the elderly New Orleans woman who nearly drowned in her home but was rescued and evacuated to Greeneville following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, has died at the age of 100. According to obituary information provided by Rhodes Funeral ...
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Police violence lawsuits from Hurricane Katrina resolved with $13.3 million settlement

Blasting News - ‎Jan 2, 2017‎
Everyone remembers the tremendous amount of property damage Hurricane Katrina caused during the summer of 2005. But one thing that had gotten swept aside was the unjust police violence.

Alamo Bowl returns Oklahoma State DT Vincent Taylor to town that welcomed him after Hurricane Katrina

The Denver Post - ‎Dec 27, 2016‎
SAN ANTONIO - Vincent Taylor was 11 when the unforgiving wrath of Hurricane Katrina swallowed the home he lived in in New Orleans.

Trump may want to study how Obama made FEMA great again

VICE News - ‎4 hours ago‎
“With Sandy, the comparison to Katrina is night and day,” said Dan Matthews, a Republican who has seen five different FEMA directors while serving on the House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

SID SALTER: Budget woes will add fire to fight over BP fund distribution

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - ‎5 hours ago‎
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina's 2005 slammed Mississippi at a time when the state was struggling with budget problems, principally how to pay for the state's Medicaid program.

Supply chains will be recreated, like New Orleans after Katrina: Arvind Panagariya

The Indian Express - ‎Dec 23, 2016‎
THE SUPPLY chains that have been temporarily disrupted due to the withdrawal of high-value currency notes last month will “recreate themselves very quickly” just as New Orleans in the USA was rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, according to ...
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Restrictions in place at New Orleans Fair Grounds because of equine herpes virus

WGNO - ‎Jan 3, 2017‎
NEW ORLEANS, LA - AUGUST 29: A man watches from horseback as people gather along the repaired levee wall in the Lower Ninth Ward during a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A Hurricane Destroyed This Louisiana Resort Town, Never to Be Inhabited Again

Smithsonian - ‎Jan 4, 2017‎
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina wiped out most of the uninhabited Chandeleur Islands. Holly Beach, a tiny Louisiana town known as the Cajun Riviera, has been leveled by hurricanes three times, most recently by Rita in 2005 and Ike in 2008.
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Katrina Flashback: Hurricane Hunters look back at historic storm

DVIDS (press release) - ‎Dec 29, 2016‎
Before, during and after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, there was a swarm of activity taking place among workers from federal, state and local government agencies, dealing with both the preparation for the storm and recovery thereafter.

$1 million lot in Ocean Springs set to go back on tax rolls

The Sun Herald - ‎Jan 3, 2017‎
Vines obscure one of the faded murals on the old Swingster building on Government Street in Ocean Springs, which became known as Camp Victor when it housed volunteers after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The county demolished the building and plans to ...

Louisiana Faces Faster Levels of Sea-Level Rise Than Any Other Land on Earth

EcoWatch - ‎Jan 4, 2017‎
The plan, first introduced in 2007 post- Hurricane Katrina, acts as a 50-year blueprint for restoring the Pelican State's rapidly disappearing coastal wetlands and protecting the state's natural resources and communities.

In Nick Mainieri's debut novel, two lovers come of age in a post-Katrina world

NOLA.com - ‎Jan 3, 2017‎
Luz came to New Orleans with her father after Hurricane Katrina. He's a laborer. They're undocumented, and he comes for the construction boom afterwards.

Chateau du Lac, French bistro in Metairie, says au revoir

The Advocate - ‎6 hours ago‎
Hurricane Katrina struck a few months later, though the restaurant escaped major flood damage. In 2008, Château du Lac relocated to a more prominent address in Old Metairie, taking over a restaurant space that in the 1990s had been home to an earlier ...

With Kmart closing, Mike Yenni 'confident' Elmwood spot will bounce back

NOLA.com - ‎1 hour ago‎
The retailer first opened in The Esplanade in 1986 and returned to the anchor spot in 2008 after closing after Hurricane Katrina. Yenni acknowledged traditional malls in Jefferson Parish and nationwide have been struggling for years in the face of ...

Charles Arlinghaus: Public charter schools and portfolio management

The Union Leader - ‎Jan 4, 2017‎
Even before the deadly Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans school system was a wreck. The city's students were (and still are) 80 percent minority or low-income.

Republicans embrace Amtrak's Gulf Coast rebirth

Politico - ‎Jan 1, 2017‎
MOBILE, Ala. - A decade after Hurricane Katrina wiped out a long stretch of Amtrak's transcontinental passenger route in the Deep South, the railroad is plotting to bring it back.
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Exclusive premiere: Fifth Harmony's Normani Kordei goes solo with Solange covers

USA TODAY - ‎5 hours ago‎
"I've been through so much especially coming from New Orleans where there was Hurricane Katrina in 2005. I had to pick up.

This map explains the weather we had in 2016

Washington Post - ‎Jan 3, 2017‎
The rain resulted from a slow-moving area of tropical low pressure that drew record-setting amounts of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico over Louisiana.

FEMA Secures $1.042bn Of Flood Reinsurance For NFIP

Seeking Alpha - ‎2 hours ago‎
It places the NFIP in a better position to manage losses incurred from major events like Hurricane Sandy ($8.3 billion) in October 2012 and Hurricane Katrina ($16.3 billion) in August 2005 by transferring exposure to reinsurers," explained FEMA. The ...

Visitation, Service for Charles Flickinger

Patch.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
Chuck sought to serve wherever needed at a moment's notice, such as the rebuilding of Homestead, Fla. after Hurricane Andrew, the recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina, and volunteering as a nurse after the Haitian earthquake. He joined the Lake ...
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