HURRICANE KATRINA SENDS BARGE THROUGH LEVEE
Rebecca Harfung of St. Bernard Parish receives a tetanus shot from Corpsman Jared Harmon-Moore, Sept. 17, 2005. Hurricane Katrina flooded much of St. Bernard Parish, leaving hundreds dead and thousands homeless. (UPI Photo/ A.J. Sisco)
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BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Louisiana health officials warn the improper use of neti pots is linked to two deaths in the state caused by a so-called brain-eating amoeba.
NEW ORLEANS, March 30 (UPI) -- Thunderstorms accompanied by high winds, hail and tornadoes hit the New Orleans area Tuesday night, causing flooding, power outages and damage, officials said.
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard told BP to drop test anchors to find the best way to find and remove boom anchors left in the Gulf of Mexico after the oil spill.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Several Louisiana companies supporting the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response say they've not been paid by BP and threaten to stop work until they are.
NEW ORLEANS, June 22 (UPI) -- A federal judge heard arguments on whether a loose barge broke a flood wall and caused deadly flooding in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, observers say.
COVINGTON, La., May 3 (UPI) -- A suburban New Orleans judge arrested on corruption charges had been involved in some of St. Bernard Parish's most infamous legal cases, observers say.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Gustav weakened to a tropical storm Monday night and all coastal warnings were discontinued, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A New Orleans man who evacuated his former home in St. Bernard Parish before Hurricane Katrina said he was shocked to find his name on a memorial for the dead.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. television and stage star Taye Diggs led a holiday caroling celebration this week as 10 families returned to newly rebuilt homes in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Louisiana agricultural officials said more Africanized honeybees, also known as "killer bees" have been found in traps east of New Orleans.
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