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FOX News

Fox News: New Orleans Evacuated Again

For Students 9th - 10th
New Orleans, devastated by Hurricane Katrina, now faces further turmoil and evacuation as Hurricane Rita bares down on the beleaguered city. New article, photos, video, and links to other sites are included in this September, 2005, report.
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CNN

Cnn: New Orleans Disaster Plan: Get Out of Town

For Students 9th - 10th
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Homeland Security announces the new evacuation plan for New Orleans in case of disaster. This interesting article also recaps evacuation problems that plagued New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, as well...
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: New Orleans Colleges Reopen

For Students 9th - 10th
NewsHour documents the reopening of many of the colleges and universities of New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina and many of the obstacles that they have, and will have to, overcome. Audio, video, and a transcript of the report is from...
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: New Orleans Mayor's Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Fascinating report on the controversial New Orleans mayoral election. The controversy surrounds absentee ballots, the process, and evacuee voter participation. Audio, video, and a transcript of this April, 2006, report are available.
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BBC

Bbc: In Pictures: New Orleans Before and After

For Students 9th - 10th
Vivid slideshow of photographs of New Orleans during the flooding by Hurricane Katrina and two months later.
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PBS

Nova: How New Orleans Flooded

For Students 9th - 10th
View some before and after pictures of New Orleans to get an idea of the flood damage caused by Hurricane Katrina.
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BBC

Bbc: Mapping the Destruction: New Orleans

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive map that allows you to see before and after pictures of areas of New Orleans. There are also two enlightening videos that shows the conditions of New Orleans in the days immediately after Hurricane Katrina.
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BBC

Bbc: In Pictures: New Orleans Then and Now

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic slide show that allows you to compare areas of New Orleans in September 2005 with the city a year later in 2006.
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CNN

Cnn: New Orleans Braces for 'The Big One'

For Students 9th - 10th
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin orders a mandatory evacuation as Hurricane Katrina heads for the city.
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CNN

Cnn: New Orleans Tries to Plug Breaches

For Students 9th - 10th
September, 2005, report that explores the damage done to New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, including to the levees that failed to stop the flooding of the city.
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CNN

Cnn: Katrina Evacuees Weigh Possible Return

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth report examining Hurricane Katrina evacuees and discussing the issues they face as they decide to move back to New Orleans. The New Orleans levee system, living conditions, Mayor Nagin's plan to rebuild New Orleans, and other...
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PBS

News Hour: New Orleans Health Care

For Students 9th - 10th
News Hour examines the health care problems that are being addressed by a medical assistance program in this report form February, 2006. Many poor and ill people impacted by Hurricane Katrina, are getting much needed help. Video, audio,...
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: New Orleans Schools Before and After Katrina

For Students 9th - 10th
NewsHour explores the conditions of the public school system of New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina and what is happening to rebuild from the damage after Katrina. Video, audio, and a transcript of this report from November, 2005, is...
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BBC

Bbc: Hard Task of Draining New Orleans

For Students 9th - 10th
September, 2005, article tracing the draining of the flooded New Orleans and the repairing of the levee system devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: New Orleans Levee Repairs May Be Inadequate

For Students 9th - 10th
During Hurricane Katrina, the levees that protected New Orleans failed to prevent flooding. In this June, 2006, report, NewsHour reports that the repairs to the levees still may be inadequate to protect the city. Audio, video, and a...
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: New Orleans Churches

For Students 9th - 10th
This April, 2006, report explores the plight of many churches that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and their importance to the communities of New Orleans. Audio, video, and a transcript are available.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Fixing New Orleans' Levees

For Students 9th - 10th
Report on the problem of increasing costs of rebuilding the levees that protect New Orleans from flooding that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Audio, video, and a transcript are available for this April, 2006, report.
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BBC

Bbc: New Orleans: Nature's Revenge?

For Students 9th - 10th
August, 2005, report that discusses the flooding of New Orleans and the levee system designed to protect the city.
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BBC

Bbc: Drama of New Orleans' Premature Babies

For Students 9th - 10th
In an extraordinary report, the rescue of premature babies from the flooding of New Orleans brought on by Hurricane Katrina is chronicled. Along with the article is a video report.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: City Scope, New Orleans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Working on strategic problem solving, peruse these resources about the problems surrounding the urban environment of New Orleans to aide with lessons.
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PBS

News Hour: Coming Home to New Orleans

For Students 9th - 10th
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was criticized by many federal officials for what seemed to be an early reopening of New Orleans in September, 2005. However, as Tropical Storm Rita approached the Gulf Coast, Mayor Nagin reverses his decision...
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CNN

Cnn: New Orleans Shelters to Be Evacuated

For Students 9th - 10th
Conditions were so horrible in New Orleans that unrest was growing even in the evacuation shelters. Article discusses looting, crime, conditions of New Orleans, and other Gulf Coast areas. Article is from August, 2005.
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CNN

Cnn: Hurricane Katrina: Rebuilding

For Students 9th - 10th
Impressive interactive web page that has a great deal of information on Hurricane Katrina. Information on this site includes graph of population changes, updates on the status of housing, schools, utilities, and the status of New Orleans...
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BBC

Bbc: Thousands Return to New Orleans

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the formation of the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, the return home of many who were evacuated by Hurricane Katrina, and the post-disaster problems in New Orleans. A video report accompanies this article. (September, 2005)