US EditionNew Orleans marks 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with memorials and brass band parade
Two decades after Katrina's devastation in Waveland, recovery continues amid housing shortages and evolving disaster preparedness challenges, with over 134,000 homes damaged statewide, officials said.
- This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and Waveland, Mississippi, has regained much of its old greenery, though empty properties and scarce affordable housing hinder some residents' return.
- A 30-foot storm surge struck the Gulf Coast when Hurricane Katrina reached Category 5 intensity with winds nearing 175 mph, and Hancock County, Mississippi's 165 square miles of low-lying land worsened flooding.
- Across Mississippi and the region officials recorded 238 deaths in Mississippi, including 65 in Hancock County and 25 in Waveland, with over 10,000 homes destroyed and 4,000 uninhabitable in Hancock County alone.
- Bureaucratic delays at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and reimbursement disputes with insurance companies caused long aid wait times, while more than 180 FEMA employees warned that agency cuts threaten recovery progress and renters lack ability to rebuild, facing vacant plots and high insurance rates.
- The long-term price tag and climate trends show Katrina caused $200 billion in damage, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration tracked 285 disasters costing $1 billion or more, and National Flood Insurance Program owes more than $20 billion amid low mitigation spending.
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I Gave Birth During Hurricane Katrina
I am not from New Orleans. But sometimes, I get honorary status because I have lived and worked here as a news reporter since 1999—and because I gave birth to our son, Hector, the day before Hurricane Katrina at Touro Infirmary, in New Orleans 20 years ago. Hector wasn’t due until Sept. 11, but he came early. I had my first labor pain at Mattassa’s Market, the corner store on Dauphine Street on August 28, 2005. It was a scorchingly hot Saturday …
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shreveportbossieradvocate.comWith city forever changed, New Orleans marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina
The date will provide another opportunity to reflect upon what has and has not happened since the storm and the largely manmade destruction that accompanied it.
The long recovery on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, 'ground zero' for Hurricane Katrina
While much of the focus marking 20 years since Hurricane Katrina is on New Orleans, where federal levees failed and flooded the city, the historic storm also decimated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.(Image credit: Mario Tama)
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