Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: New Orleans Disaster Serves Tough Lessons
From ABC News in Science, Richard Ingham's article deals with the brutality of nature's lesson as witnessed in the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
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Flooding in New Orleans From Hurricane Betsy. Credit: Corbis.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, NPR discusses past natural disasters in U.S. history, the challenges and the rebuilding. From the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 to Hurricane Andrew in 1992, read about the events that changed peoples lives.
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Trailer Park Destroyed by Hurricane Andrew. Credit: Corbis.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, NPR discusses past natural disasters in U.S. history, the challenges and the rebuilding. From the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 to Hurricane Andrew in 1992, read about the events that changed peoples lives.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: New Orleans Mayor's Election
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.
BBC
Bbc: In Pictures: New Orleans Then and Now
Photographic slide show that allows you to compare areas of New Orleans in September 2005 with the city a year later in 2006.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Hazards and Risk Management: Risk and Risk Assessment
In this learning module, students learn how to assess the risk of a hazard or dangerous activity and the chance of a bad outcome. It examines various scenarios and case studies (e.g., bungee jumping, earthquakes, and tropical storms) and...
CNN
Cnn: New Orleans Shelters to Be Evacuated
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.
CNN
Cnn: Living Alone
CNN features an audio slideshow that chronicles the return home of a man that had spent four months in an evacuation shelter.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Hurricane Katrina
This photo shows a satellite image of the destructive Hurricane Katrina as it makes its way over both the ocean and the coast of the USA.
BBC
Bbc: Rebuilding New Orleans
Find out how New Orleans considered how to rebuild the levee system that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Maps of New Orleans and the levee system are available. (January, 2006)
BBC
Bbc: Trailer Towns' Uncertain Future
November 2005 report on life in the FEMA trailer parks that emerged in the Gulf Coast regions that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
BBC
Bbc: Powell Criticises Storm Response
The federal government faced a great deal of criticism for its response to Hurricane Katrina, including former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Report is from September 2005.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The Storm
Explore the impact of failures of communications systems on victims in the Hurricane Katrina disaster on the gulf coast in 2005. Evaluate how U.S. governments help citizens in times of crisis and how this storm impacted their procedures.
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Read Works: Children of the Storm
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how children were affected by Hurricane Katrina. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Brilliant interactive map that shows the path of Hurricane Katrina. Also has an animated guide that explains how hurricanes form. Excellent video clips of Hurricane Katrina hitting the United States and of New Orleans available on the page.
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Brilliant interactive map that shows the path of Hurricane Katrina. Also has an animated guide that explains how hurricanes form. Excellent video clips of Hurricane Katrina hitting the United States and of New Orleans available on the page.
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Bbc: Mapping the Destruction: Landfall
Interactive map that has satellite photographs of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina hit the coast. Two captivating videos from Biloxi, Mississippi and a map of the path of the storm are also on the page.
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Interactive map that has satellite photographs of the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina hit the coast. Two captivating videos from Biloxi, Mississippi and a map of the path of the storm are also on the page.
CNN
Cnn: Protesters, Workers Clash in 9th Ward
January, 2006, article that recounts a clash between residents of New Orleans' Ninth Ward and workers who were using bulldozers to clear debris in that ward. There was a class-action lawsuit against the city because houses were being...
PBS
News Hour: Coming Home to New Orleans
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...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Fdic Head to Lead Gulf Coast Recovery
Report from November, 2005, announcing that Donald Powell would coordinate Gulf Coast recovery for the federal government.
BBC
Bbc: New Orleans: Nature's Revenge?
August, 2005, report that discusses the flooding of New Orleans and the levee system designed to protect the city.
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Flood Blamed on Levee Breaches
This August, 2005, report discusses problems with the levees that protect New Orleans and why they failed causing 80 percent of New Orleans to flood. RealAudio of this report is also available.
BBC
Bbc: Police Told to Clear New Orleans
As New Orleans remained underwater, fears of pollution, health hazards, and safety moved Mayor Ray Nagin to order a mandatory evacuation of the city. Photos accompany the September, 2005 article.
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