US EditionIt's Been 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina Hit New Orleans. Is the U.S. Better Prepared?
Amtrak's restored Gulf Coast route offers affordable travel with fares starting at $15, supported by multiple government levels to rebuild after Katrina's 2005 infrastructure destruction.
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New tool shows how federal funds are being spent on storms 20 years after Hurricane Katrina
It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and devastated the Gulf Coast. Now, there's a new tool that allows you to see the impact of disasters.
Hurricane Katrina Aftermath Is Both Reverberating and Amplifying 20 Years Later
Independent journalist Jordan Flaherty was in New Orleans in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina first hit, and both supported and reported on relief efforts in the aftermath of the storm. Flaherty explains how Katrina’s devastation to the city’s infrastructure accelerated the existing dispossession of its primarily Black residents, how corruption and mismanagement in the years following the storm… Source
Twenty years ago, on August 29, 2005, the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, had literally sank. Since that time, many things have changed but wounds are still open When you arrive in New Orleans by the air, you quickly understand why the city can be prone to flooding. It is surrounded by the water of the Gulf of Mexico, the powerful Mississippi River, of which it marries the forms, from the immense Lake Pontchartrain of 1,600 km2 and lakes Borgne …
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