Topic: Hurricane Katrina

5 years after Hurricane Katrina!As an American citizen the thing that i found most disturbing about the government efforts during or after Hurricane Katrina is that the Bush Administration knew well in advance of the devastating destruction that a category 5 hurricane ...

During senate hearings on capital hill, Senator Boxer was quizzing General Michael Walsh on the state of the levees in new orleans. Basically accusing the Army corps of engineers of not having finished the levee repair work in four years since hurricane ...

Former FEMA chief Brown concedes Washington didn't tell full story of Katrina's devastationFive years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the federal official at the heart of a firestorm over over Washington's slow response is acknowledging the government's shortcomings.Former Federal Emergency Management ...

Barack Obama, in hurricane-torn New Orleans for the first time as president, vowed not to forget the wounded jazz city, but faced some skeptics wearied by broken government promises.Obama on Thursday toured a rebuilt school in the impoverished ninth ward, which bore ...

Obama announces mid-October visit to Gulf Coast, his first to areas hit by Hurricane KatrinaPresident Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll visit the Hurricane Katrina-damaged Gulf Coast by mid-October.Such a trip would fulfill Obama's promise to visit the region by the end of ...

Gulf Coast recovery work is now earning high praise for the progress it is making Finally, four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated vast areas of the Gulf Coast, the federal government is getting praised by leaders in Louisiana and Mississippi who have ...

Hoping to avoid a Katrina redux, two million people flee the Louisiana coast today as Hurricane Gustav closes in on New Orleans. In Minneapolis-St. Paul, where the GOP convention is scheduled to open tomorrow, the Republican party trims activities to a bare ...

After pledging change, Obama team wins early praise for Katrina workAs a presidential candidate, Barack Obama pledged to right the wrongs he said bogged down efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Even Doug O'Dell, former President George W. Bush's ...

Homeland Security secretary orders senior-level review of gulf coast recoveryIn one of her first moves as Homeland Security secretary, Janet Napolitano has ordered a fresh review of hurricane recovery efforts in the gulf coast 3 1/2 years after two killer hurricanes swept ...

Gulf Coast citizens struck by Hurricane Katrina not well-served by federal governmentPresident Barack Obama said Friday that Gulf Coast residents still struggling to rebuild three years after Hurricane Katrina " Obama extended it through the rest of the current fiscal year, which ...