Hurricane Katrina

3626 Stories, most recent news story added Tue Nov 24, 11:26 pm ET

Send
- Email
- IM
Share
- Digg
- Facebook
- Newsvine
- del.icio.us
- Reddit
- StumbleUpon
- Technorati
- Yahoo! Bookmarks

A&M’s Smith finds new home after Hurricane Katrina

Houston Chronicle - Wed Nov 25, 2:08 am ET

The more Hurricane Katrina zeroed in on his hometown in late August four years ago, the wider Lionel Smith’s eyes grew in a Houston hotel room.

News Stories

Sort By:

Baton Rouge, for the first time, has pulled ahead of New Orleans in terms of bank deposits
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Sun Nov 22, 8:59 am ET
In the longtime economic rivalry between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Hurricane Katrina represented a critical blow for the Crescent City. Big businesses had been fleeing New Orleans for years before the storm, while companies were taking root in...
Super Krewes: Economy and Superbowl won't dampen Mardi Gras
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans - Tue Nov 24, 6:57 pm ET
NEW ORLEANS -- The first of the star-studded Mardi Gras super Krewes announced its line up Tuesday for Mardi Gras 2010. But with the economy still stagnant, and the Saints looking playoff bound, what will that mean for the Carnival season? The super Krewes host the biggest displays during their parades on the days immediately leading up to Fat Tuesday. Since Hurricane Katrina, strong New Orleans ...
Corps could be helping rebuild coast with dredged river sediment, state says
New Orleans Times-Picayune - Mon Nov 23, 10:27 pm ET
Ellis Lucia/The Times-Picayune Sediment from a dredge in Lake Pontchartrain is piped into a marsh area in 2008. In June, corps officials said they used about 12 percent of the 60 million tons of material they dredged each year for environmental restoration.
Federal Judge Blames Army Corps Of Engineers For Massive Flooding By Hurricane Katrina
ABC 26 New Orleans - Wed Nov 18, 9:45 pm ET
In a landmark decision, a federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding by Hurricane Katrina.
Ruling on Katrina Flooding Favors Homeowners
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thu Nov 19, 2:27 am ET
NEW ORLEANS -- A federal judge found Wednesday evening that poor maintenance of a major navigation channel by the Army Corps of Engineers led to some of the worst flooding after Hurricane Katrina. The ruling was a major victory for homeowners who suffered damage in the aftermath of the storm.
Book Review: "Perilous Place, Power Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana"
Marketwire - Thu Nov 19, 8:19 am ET
NEW ORLEANS, LA--(Marketwire - November 19, 2009) - Levees.org, a New Orleans-based non-profit formed after Hurricane Katrina with a mission of raising awareness about the nation's levee systems, released today its second in a series of book reviews by its founder Sandy Rosenthal that address the metro New Orleans flooding of August 2005. Founder and executive director Sandy Rosenthal provides ...
Army Corps liable for Katrina damage, US court finds
The Christian Science Monitor - Thu Nov 19, 10:18 am ET
Army Corps' 'myopic' maintenance of a shipping channel led to levee failure, much Katrina damage, US court judge rules. Appeal is expected.
Baton Rouge business boom a new model for New Orleans?
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans - Tue Nov 24, 11:26 pm ET
BATON ROUGE, La. -- On a recent October afternoon, the chairman of a Chinese medical technology company announced plans to build a manufacturing plant in Baton Rouge that could employ 300 people. He gave credit to Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden. "The reason he came to Baton Rouge is because the mayor personally went to China and visited his company,” said Hui Xiaobing, the medical ...
Negligence ruling in Katrina floods may cost feds
Newsday - Thu Nov 19, 2:53 pm ET
Ruling on Katrina flooding could leave federal government vulnerable to billions in claims
BREAKING: Berry Taps AFD Commander as Fire Chief
Albuquerque Journal - Tue Nov 24, 12:17 pm ET
Cmdr. Jim Breen Is Veteran of Katrina, 9/11 Mayor-elect R.J. Berry has tapped Cmdr. Jim Breen as new fire chief, the Journal has learned. Officials are expected to announce the appointment at a news conference in about a half-hour. Breen is Batallion Commander for AFD's District 3, the busiest in the city. For more, pick up a copy of tomorrow's Journal. Here is the transition team's announcement ...
Carl Pope: The Beginning of Accountability
The Huffington Post - Mon Nov 23, 2:55 pm ET
In one of the most intriguing court decisions in years, the federal district judge who has presided over most of the cases involving responsibility for...
Katrina Ruling Could Bring New Deluge of Lawsuits
5 Eyewitness News St. Paul - Thu Nov 19, 5:15 pm ET
A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could...
Britt Robson: Florida trio finding its NBA groove
Sports Illustrated - Tue Nov 24, 7:04 pm ET
It hasn't come quickly, but three of the most prominent alumni of Florida's back-to-back NCAA championship teams -- Al Horford, Joakim Noah and Corey Brewer -- have reclaimed their legacy with the sort of dogged, selfless, ever-improving performances in the NBA that characterized their college careers.
Pascagoula man punished for Katrina fraud
The Clarion-Ledger - Sat Nov 21, 7:10 pm ET
Todd C. Northrop of Pascagoula was sentenced on Thursday to 10 months in prison and 2 years of supervised release for fraudulently claiming government assistance after Hurricane Katrina on a house he owned but did not live in.
US Army Corps at fault for hurricane levee failures: judge
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 10:54 am ET
The deadly levee failures which led to the flooding of New Orleans during 2005's Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge ruled.