Nagin eats humble pie for chocolate remark 2006-01-17 23:58:27
The mayor of New Orleans is saying sorry after remarks in which he said that the hurricane-ravaged city would be rebuilt as a "chocolate" city and for blaming the storm on the wrath of God for his country's involvement in Iraq.Full Story...
Katrina family die in apparent murder-suicide 2005-12-31 01:26:32
A family of three Hurricane Katrina evacuees facing eviction have been found dead in their Texas apartment in what appears to be a double murder-suicide, authorities say.Full Story...
Storm-ravaged New Orleans is ready to party 2005-11-24 02:43:01
New Orleans' famed Mardi Gras parades will fill the storm-battered city's streets in February 2006, but the cash-strapped council has reduced the number of party days.Full Story...
Hurricane victims still living in shelters 2005-10-17 00:42:06
More than 11 000 survivors of Hurricane Katrina are still living in temporary shelters in 11 American states, a Washington official has revealed.Full Story...
Fats Domino returns home 2005-10-16 03:43:35
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Fats Domino, who was missing for days after Hurricane Katrina, has gone back home to load some of his muddied gold records into the trunk of a car.Full Story...
Army engineers have pumped New Orleans dry 2005-10-13 10:37:42
United States Army engineers have finished a 43-day campaign to rid New Orleans of the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina.Full Story...
New Orleans residents irked by trash mounds 2005-10-12 10:15:27
The residents of New Orleans have started picking up the pieces of their lives after Hurricane Katrina, but the mountains of garbage lining the streets are a smelly reminder that all is not well in the famous jazz city. Nichola Groom reports...Full Story...
New Orleans cops held for filmed attack 2005-10-10 02:28:53
Three New Orleans police officers have been arrested after they repeatedly punched a man accused of public intoxication and assaulted a television news producer - who caught the entire incident on camera.Full Story...
Katrina may have freed killer dolphins 2005-10-06 04:35:25
Dolphins were reportedly being used by the United States navy to detect stray torpedoes and mines, and were controlled using signals transmitted to a neck harness. Now it seems these military-trained dolphins are loose in the Gulf of Mexico.Full Story...
Clinton shocked by Baton Rouge storm damage 2005-10-04 12:23:11
Former United States president Bill Clinton has met with refugees in the hurricane-ravaged state of Louisiana, calling the damage "astonishing" and saying that rebuilding the area could cost hundreds of billions of dollars.Full Story...
Katrina brews racial and cultural storm 2005-10-04 01:44:40
As black New Orleanians regroup in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and put down roots elsewhere – some temporary, some not – many wonder what will become of one of the US’s most complex African-American cultures, writes Erin Texeira.Full Story...
New Orleans prepares for epic clean-up drive 2005-09-30 01:15:28
New Orleans officials have urged displaced residents to return to the hurricane-hit city so that the rebuilding process can begin - starting with a massive clean-up drive in several flooded neighbourhoods.Full Story...
Katrina: hundreds of bodies wait for families 2005-09-29 08:19:54
More than 800 corpses from Hurricane Katrina await identification at a makeshift morgue, with only 32 bodies released to families for burial so far - a slow pace officials consider unavoidable.Full Story...
Rubble litters storm-ravaged New Orleans 2005-09-29 01:39:19
Residents of New Orleans are being encouraged to return to the hurricane-ravaged city, but there's a massive amount of waste that needs to be cleaned up first. Ellen Wulfhorst reports...Full Story...
Bush asks Americans to curb energy use 2005-09-28 01:46:18
United States President George Bush has urged Americans living in the hurricane-hit areas of Louisiana and Texas to reduce their energy consumption.Full Story...
Thousands remain homeless after hurricane 2005-09-28 07:20:28
Hundreds of thousands of residents along the Gulf of Mexico remain homeless in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, as American leaders bicker about the government's response to the natural disaster. Jim Watson reports...Full Story...
New Orleans strives to rise from the floods 2005-09-27 02:01:52
New Orleans has started welcoming back residents who fled two hurricanes in the past four weeks, but officials have warned that returning to the devastated city was done "at their own risk".Full Story...
Receding floodwaters reveal Gulf Coast ruin 2005-09-26 23:37:01
Hurricane Rita's floodwaters have receded from the American Gulf Coast to reveal devastation in Louisiana's Cajun swamplands, while other parts of the region lurched back to life after the second major storm in less than a month. Ellen Wulfhorst reports...Full Story...
Hollywood stars sign Harley for charity 2005-09-27 02:07:24
Actors Denzel Washington and Billy Crystal have joined Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in autographing a Harley-Davidson motorcycle that will be auctioned to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims.Full Story...
Bush weighs military response to disasters 2005-09-25 08:58:21
United States President George Bush has suggested that the armed forces take over all government response efforts to major natural disasters, like the recent hurricanes in New Orleans and Texas.Full Story...
Pope offers prayers for hurricane victims 2005-09-25 07:15:37
Pope Benedict has offered a special prayer for the Americans affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita this month. "May God grant them consolation and strength in their trials," he said from his residence in Rome.Full Story...
If you donate, the Beach Boy will call 2005-09-24 05:56:44
Iowa Jim was suspicious. Was Brian Wilson really putting up those messages on his website urging people to contribute to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts? So Jim emailed a challenge to the Beach Boys' co-founder: Call him and tell him it was really him and he'd gladly donate $100.Full Story...
Prisoners escaped during chaos of Katrina 2005-09-23 11:27:08
More than 500 New Orleans inmates escaped from their prison cells during the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina in the famous American jazz city, according to reports.Full Story...
Rita heads for Gulf after soaking the Keys 2005-09-21 01:13:00
New Orleans has started evacuating as the National Hurricane Centre said Rita could become a Category 4 storm after it lashed the low-lying islands of the Florida Keys.Full Story...
Townsend to probe federal response to Katrina 2005-09-20 12:31:27
United States President George Bush has named domestic policy adviser Fran Townsend to lead an investigation of flaws in the federal government's response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, the White House has announced.Full Story...
Homecoming delayed as 'dangerous' storm brews 2005-09-20 05:24:47
As Tropical Storm Rita strengthens into what meteorologists believe will be a full-force hurricane heading for the Florida Keys and the Gulf of Mexico, all re-entry into the hurricane-hit city of New Orleans has been suspended.Full Story...
Katrina death toll rises to almost 1 000 2005-09-20 00:43:44
The death toll from Hurricane Katrina has jumped to 973 after Louisiana officials raised the number of confirmed fatalities in that state to 736.Full Story...
Families search for remains of loved ones 2005-09-18 04:33:20
For days Randolph Fazande has been going back and forth in a daze, trying to find the remains of his parents. And as he stands outside a huge improvised morgue in a small town near the shattered US city of New Orleans, his queries have gone unanswered.Full Story...
Katrina: Pahad slams the Bush administration 2005-09-18 03:23:05
Essop Pahad, the minister in the office of the presidency, has "rebuked" the American President George Bush's administration, saying its response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina was too slow.Full Story...
US mayors will review security - again 2005-09-17 08:07:17
Big-city mayors fearing the next Hurricane Katrina-size disaster agree a federal review of their emergency plans is a good idea - just as it was years ago.Full Story...
Dolphins swept from aquarium by hurricane 2005-09-16 11:40:39
Wildlife experts have rescued two of eight bottlenose dolphins swept from their aquarium home into the Gulf of Mexico by Hurricane Katrina and said they hoped to recapture the others in the next few days.Full Story...
US plans temporary cities for Katrina victims 2005-09-16 04:36:12
United States federal officials are facing a mammoth task: building temporary houses for as many as 300 000 displaced people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama after Hurricane Katrina.Full Story...
New Orleans will rise again, vows Bush 2005-09-15 23:20:11
American President George Bush has pledged to bring New Orleans and the Gulf Coast back to life with extensive federal aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.Full Story...
Katrina survivor found 16 days later 2005-09-15 10:29:27
Rescuers saved an emaciated man from his flooded home 16 days after Hurricane Katrina as the death toll passed 700 and a new storm threatened more trouble.Full Story...
Couple charged with leaving 34 to die 2005-09-14 10:39:12
The toll from the third deadliest hurricane in US history hit 648 as officials filed homicide charges against the operators of a nursing home where 34 patients, trapped by the storm's floodwaters, died.Full Story...
Humbled Bush admits failing hurricane victims 2005-09-13 23:24:44
American President George Bush has taken responsibility for failures in the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. His approval rating plunged to new lows after flood victims lamented sluggish government action in New Orleans and the Mississippi region.Full Story...
Grim scenes await soldiers in New Orleans 2005-09-14 02:23:44
Soldiers conducting door-to-door searches of New Orleans have found several bodies that were unceremoniously dumped by the receding flood waters of Hurricane Katrina.Full Story...
Bodies found at New Orleans hospital 2005-09-13 09:45:32
State officials say the death toll in the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans has risen to 280, as autopies are planned for 44 people found dead at a hospital in the city.Full Story...
Hurricane victims are picking up the pieces 2005-09-13 03:37:47
Thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina are starting to put their lives back together in New Orleans as the famous jazz city continues its clean-up efforts in the wake of the epic storm.Full Story...
Bush tours devastated New Orleans 2005-09-12 23:14:30
American President George Bush has visited relief centres in New Orleans to find out more about the challenges facing disaster management teams in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.Full Story...
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