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In the two months after the hurricane, there was a decline of 215,000 jobs in New Orleans, and by June 2005, there was a 30% decrease in the metro area's employment. [108] By a year after the hurricane, unemployment in Louisiana had fallen to 3.5%, partly due to new jobs in construction.
The disaster recovery response to Hurricane Katrina in late 2005 included U.S. federal government agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the United States Coast Guard (USCG), state and local-level agencies, federal and National Guard soldiers, non-governmental organizations, charities, and private individuals.
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 ...
Gov. Jeff Landry has asked President Biden for an emergency disaster declaration to unlock federal recovery funding for the Shreveport region and northwestern Louisiana, where tornadoes triggered ...
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]
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