Faces of Katrina: Former NOPD superintendent Eddie Compass reflects on the storm 20 years later
With New Orleans almost entirely underwater following catostrophic levee breaks at three seperate locations, it was chaos in the city. People left stranded, widespread looting, and even rampant ...
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With Trump’s Mass Deportations, Who Will Rebuild Our Disaster-Stricken Cities?
Republican and Democratic voters across the US are reeling from climate-fueled disasters, with thousands of homes and businesses destroyed and damaged by the ongoing fires in Los Angeles, as well as ...
Disaster responders say ending FEMA would move tasks and costs to states, local governments
President Donald Trump’s call to possibly eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency has Nebraska officials waiting ...
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Demolition underway at New Orleans Six Flags amusement park abandoned after Hurricane Katrina
Many remember the devastation of Hurricane Katrina that devoured the city of New Orleans in 2005, leaving the Six Flags Complex in Eastern New Orleans in shambles.
New Orleans Six Flags finally being torn down 20 years after Hurricane Katrina
Developers are tearing down the Six Flags amusement complex in New Orleans two decades after it was decimated during Hurricane Katrina.
Chiefs vs. Eagles Super Bowl at the Superdome: How does the indoor venue change the game?
The Eagles lost to the Raiders in the New Orleans Superdome in 1981 in Super Bowl XV. In 2005, they lost SB XXXIX to the ...
Truist Foundation launches $20M grant program for Hurricane Helene recovery
Money from the program will be used by nonprofit groups to help rebuild small businesses, housing and infrastructure in 39 ...
Johnson’s misleading claim that conditions were placed on Katrina, Sandy aid
Our research finds that conditions were placed on $12 million in Katrina aid, out of nearly $122 billion.
Estimated cost of fire damage balloons to more than $250 billion
As wildfires continue in Southern California, estimates of the total economic loss from the blazes have ballooned to more ...
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Between New Orleans and Los Angeles, bonds of solace in times of terror
In a world gone haywire, how does the human spirit balance grief and hope? Jason Berry, writing from New Orleans, reflects on ...