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According to the Road Home website, [1] as of December 2017, the program had disbursed a total of $9.022 billion in awards to 130,052 individual homeowners in the area, with grants averaging $69,379 each.
Meanwhile, the ERP report stated that had levees and pump stations not failed, "far less property loss would have occurred and nearly two-thirds of deaths could have been avoided." This determination was on page 39 of an 80-page report. The New Orleans Times Picayune editorial board decried ASCE's press release.
In a June 2006 report on the disaster, [37] the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers admitted that faulty design specifications, incomplete sections, and substandard construction of levee segments, contributed to the damage done to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. [38]
New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams promised to address the city's history of prosecutorial and police misconduct when he was elected four years ago, but now he's facing an investigation ...
Residents of Arabi, Louisiana, once again found themselves picking up the pieces in the wake of a natural disaster, following a tornado that rampaged through the New Orleans metropolitan area late ...
Memorial Medical Center [a] in New Orleans, Louisiana was heavily damaged when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. [1] In the aftermath of the storm, while the building had no electricity and went through catastrophic flooding after the levees failed, Dr. Anna Pou, along with other doctors and nurses, attempted to continue caring for patients. [2]
This month, Hurricane Helene wreaked major devastation in North Carolina, while Hurricane Milton caused up to $47.5 billion in property damage in Florida. Don't miss
[10] [11] The project was selected by the New Scientist as one of the highlights of the show. [12] Thanh is involved with the London Centre for Nanotechnology and was a co-founding member of the Global Young Academy. [6] [13] She has presented at the World Economic Forum, the Vietnam Young Academy and the European Commission. [6]