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However, an unintended consequence of the levees was that natural silt deposits from the Mississippi River were unable to replenish the delta, causing the coastal wetlands of Louisiana to wash away and the city of New Orleans to sink even deeper. [10] [57] The Mississippi River delta is subsiding faster than any other place in the nation.
Camp Hope in Violet, Louisiana housed volunteers in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort of St. Bernard Parish since June 1, 2006. Clearing out trashed possessions and gutting flood damaged home, Gentilly neighborhood, January 2006. Build Now is a non-profit organization that played an active part in bringing New Orleans families back home ...
On August 22, a fire started in Beauregard Parish, before spreading to numerous areas of the Parish. [20] Power outages occurred in Singer, Louisiana, and a main water line north of Singer burned due to the fires, forcing the Beauregard Parish Police Jury to shut off water from the connecting water lines, including water lines to Merryville.
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Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on Hurricane Francine for Wednesday, Sept. 11. For the latest, view our story for Thursday, Sept. 12. Francine made landfall along the Louisiana coast ...
Visit the Department of Labor’s Severe Storm and Flood Recovery Assistance page to see if you qualify for income and job assistance after a disaster. You can also call 1-866-4-USA-DOL (1-866-487 ...
The economic effects of Hurricane Katrina, which hit Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Mississippi in late August 2005, were far-reaching. In 2006, the Bush administration sought over $100 billion for repairs and reconstruction in the region, making the storm the costliest natural disaster in US history. [1]
In the year after Katrina, Louisiana's population fell by 380,000 people, while 11,000 people from disaster areas moved elsewhere in the state. State tax revenue fell in both Louisiana and Mississippi in the second and third quarters of 2005; however, both states had recovered to pre-storm levels by the fourth quarter of the year. [103]