HURRICANE KATRINA AFTERMATH
The roof of a Shell Gas station is blown apart in Gulfport , Mississippi on September 6, 2005, during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina has devastated New Orleans and U.S. Gulf Coast states. (UPI Photo/Steve Mitchell)
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A vacant 200-year-old Canadian church in west-central Nova Scotia is being dismantled and shipped to Louisiana to replace one lost to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Contractors have finished the first phase of a massive barrier closing Mr. Go, the canal connecting New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico.
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A new attorney has taken over the defense of a high-rolling gambler facing criminal charges for his unpaid Las Vegas casino tab, court records show.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Some New Orleans residents jailed during the confusion after Hurricane Katrina appear to have lost their due process rights, documents indicate.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Grit and hard work resulted in a New Orleans elementary school doing better now than before Hurricane Katrina ravaged it, President Barack Obama said Thursday.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- New Orleans' slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina may be analogous to the slow recovery the U.S. economy is experiencing, President Obama said Thursday.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama this week will visit the only school to reopen in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward since Hurricane Katrina, the White House said.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Four years after Hurricane Katrina pummeled America's Gulf Coast, President Barack Obama said Saturday the nation must better prepare for disasters.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Tourism officials in New Orleans say the city is attracting visitors this year despite the recession and is bouncing back from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.
ATLANTA, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Births dropped in the year after Hurricane Katrina in areas of Louisiana and Mississippi that were hit but rose in affected parts of Alabama, researchers say.
