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2005 |
| Sep.3 |
Fires burn along river; rescue grinds on
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2008 |
| Sep.2 |
New Orleans ready for mass return
2005 |
| Sep.28 |
Morgue boss: 'These are horrible times'
| Sep.23 |
Storm overcomes levee Water is pouring over a patched-up levee, increasing fears that rains brought by Rita could flood the city again
| Sep.13 |
City may lose 160,000 homes
| Sep.10 |
Police hunt for dead City police are making the recovery of bodies of Hurricane Katrina victims top priority
| Sep.6 |
Flood survivors 'must leave city' The mayor has ordered the forced evacuation of people refusing to leave, amid fears of serious threats to health
| Sep.6 |
Water pumped from flood-hit city
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2013 |
| Oct.15 |
Ex-Halliburton manager pleads guilty
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2005 |
| Sep.10 |
Red Cross calls for storm workers. USA
| Sep.4 |
House-to-house rescues under way Military helicopters circled above the city to drop supplies and rescue people trapped in the nearly deserted city
| Sep.3 |
Massive airlift rescues thousands Survivors of Hurricane Katrina are being taken to safety in what is being called the largest-ever airlift in the country | |
| Sep.3 |
Troops ordered to hurricane zone
| Sep.2 |
Hurricane aid efforts gather pace
| Sep.1 |
'Desperate SOS' for city Mayor Ray Nagin has issued a 'desperate SOS' for thousands of people stranded at the city's convention center | |
| Sep.1 |
Up to 60,000 trying to flee city Police and National Guard troops struggled to restore order. Looters and armed gangs were roaming the streets
| Aug.31 |
City evacuations under way Bush called the disaster 'one of the worst natural disasters in our nation's history'
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2006 |
| Mar.23 |
Katrina lost child mission ends
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2017 |
| Oct.6 |
Storm Nate: Louisiana, Mississippi declare emergencies in coastal areas The most active hurricane season in more than a decade doesn’t seem to be letting up as Tropical Storm roars toward Yucatan Peninsula
| Feb.7 |
Severe damage after tornadoes batter Louisiana
A tornado has ripped through east New Orleans, causing severe damage to buildings and homes and leaving thousands without power
2015 |
| Aug.29 |
New Orleans marks 10 years since Hurricane Katrina 
At a memorial service, Mayor Mitch Landrieu recalled how residents had turned to each other for support. Former President Bill Clinton is attending | |
| Aug.28 |
Hurricane Katrina: George Bush in New Orleans 10 years on
2012 |
| Aug.29 |
Isaac pummels sodden New Orleans
2008 |
| Sep.8 |
Mayor fears city too weary to flee Ike
| Sep.1 |
Gustav evacuees urged to stay away Hurricane Gustav didn't pack the wallop of Katrina three years earlier; 2 million evacuees to stay away from the Gulf Coast for another day
| Sep.1 |
Gustav slams into Gulf Coast
Hurricane-force winds slammed into oil terminals around Port Fourchon, southwest of New Orleans
| Aug.31 |
Hundreds of thousands flee coast About 1.9 million of Louisiana's 2 million coastal residents had fled ahead of Hurricane Gustav in the largest evacuation in state history
| Aug.31 |
City declares storm curfew
| Aug.30 |
New Orleaners told to flee Gustav
The mayor Ray Nagin has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the entire city, as the hurricane bears down on the Gulf Coast
| Aug.30 |
Cuba, Gulf Coast braced for Gustav Winds increased to near 145 mph as it threatened the western tip of Cuba as a Category 4 hurricane
2006 |
| Aug.29 |
Bush marks hurricane anniversary
2005 |
| Sep.25 |
Evacuees return home after Rita
| Sep.20 |
Fresh storm threatens flood-hit city
| Sep.19 |
Mayor suspends return to city
| Aug.30 |
'Up to 80' dead in hurricane A huge rescue operation is under way along the US Gulf Coast. 30 have died in one beachfront apartment complex
| Aug.29 |
Dozens feared dead after storm At least 50 people were killed in one county alone. The storm is causing up to $25bn of damage
| Aug.29 |
Hurricane Katrina lashes coast 
1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and in the subsequent floods
The costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast as far as 100 miles from the storm's center. Parts of New Orleans are flooded with up to 6 feet of water after some of the pumps failed. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion in damage
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| Aug.28 |
Katrina may be 'our Asian tsunami'
| Aug.28 |
City evacuated as storm nears The mayor has ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee the city as Hurricane Katrina nears
| Aug.28 |
Katrina now Category 5 New Orleans Mayor declared a state of emergency and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city | |
| Aug.27 |
Gulf Coast residents urged to get out