Hurricane Katrina

This year will mark the five year anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. As the currently passed health care reform keeps everyone wondering how things will actually change, a watchful eye on how the new regulations could affect citizens living and rebuilding in New Orleans may be the most accurate barometer. The following [...]  

Confusion in Europe after US demands more security (Associated Press, January 4, 2010) Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across Europe on Monday, and airports did not appear to be following a U.S. request for increased screening of passengers from 14 countries. U.S. officials in Washington said the new security measures would be implemented Monday but there were few visible changes on the...  

NEW ORLEANS -- When Renaissance Village, the vast trailer park that housed Hurricane Katrina evacuees outside Baton Rouge, was closing down in May 2008, Theresa August was one of the last to leave. Babbling, singing and wearing a baby's onesie on her head, she had to be coaxed into packing up the clothes and trash that crammed the trailer she called home.  

Jewelers Help Hurricane Katrina Victims at The Jewelry Weblog With any disaster, there is a Domino affect. The jewelry industry is no different. Just think about all the small jewelry stores that dot the map in every town in the Gulf States. Many ...  

This story is part of HuffPost Impact's 12 Days, 12 Cities, 12 Families series, highlighting Americans who have persevered to overcome incredible challenges and the nonprofits that helped change their lives. Check back tomorrow for the continuation of this series. What more is there to say about Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans? After the photos and videos from 2005, the controversy and criticism, and the years of rebuilding, what more...  

From the weather satellites it looked every inch an act of God: a giant doughnut of low pressure and high winds churning towards New Orleans. Four years on, a judge has ruled that the flooding of the city by Hurricane Katrina was, in large part, a man-made disaster.  

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina, a decision that could make the federal government vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval sided with six residents and one business who argued the Army Corps' shoddy oversight of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet led to the...  

Kevin Reed, Accountancy Age, Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 09:24:00 Home Solutions of America execs charged with fraudulently booking revenues to inflate its share price, after Hurricane Katrina A post-hurricane restoration company and several of its executives have been charged by US regulators for inflating the company's stock price after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans....  

STORY AND PHOTO BY DIANE C. BEAUDOIN Even though it has been four years since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast devastating everything in it's path, one group of locals is once again packing some belongings to head south to continue the work that has been ongoing since that storm claimed so many homes.read more  

It had been a birthday tradition I started when the boys were 13 and we took our first deep-sea fishing trip together off the coast of California. This year we chartered a boat in the Gulf of Mexico not knowing what was about to happen.Contributor: Laura WredePublished: Nov 30, 2009  

The US government could be facing a bill running to hundreds of billions of dollars after a federal judge ruled that failures by the US Army Corps of Engineers were responsible for the worst flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina. Related StoriesIran may face fresh nuclear sanctionsSeparated twins both doing wellJohn Kerry’s daughter faces drink drive chargeFootball-sized chunk of ice smashes into roofUS customs seize 316,000 bongs shipped...  

As President Obama's approval rating dips below 50 percent, his devoted followers in the media also appear to be losing that loving feeling.Over the weekend it was Chris "Tingles Up My Leg" Matthews calling the former object of his affection "Carteresque."On Tuesday it was Arianna Huffington -- who has spent the entire year pushing for government-run healthcare as well as cap and trade! -- asking an astoundingly dangerous question for such an...  

A federal trial judge has found the Army Corps of Engineers to have been grossly negligent, and the proximate cause of the flooding of the Lower 9th Ward and St. Bernard parish (both areas were virtually destroyed) during Hurricane Katrina....  

Disasters in other areas of the country have brought an unexpected low-cost housing opportunity to this part of the Panhandle — thanks to a Chattahoochee man who worked many of those storms, including Hurricane Katrina.  

guardian.co.ukHurricane Katrina: It was not an act of GodIndependentClose to half a million claims have been filed against the Corps in the wake of the 2005 hurricane, but Wednesday night's ruling only deals with two areas ...Victims of flooding during Hurricane Katrina win compensationguardian.co.ukFlooding from Hurricane Katrina was man-made disaster, judge rulesTimes OnlineNew Orleans mayor hails Katrina rulingCNNExaminer.com -WBKO...