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After Hurricane Katrina
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Workers remove body from New Orleans homeDecember 28, 2005
Grim Work Continues as New Orleans Struggles to Identify Katrina's Victims
Some four months after Hurricane Katrina tore ashore causing massive flooding of New Orleans and killing hundreds, officials in Louisiana continue to struggle with the massive task of identifying the scores of bodies discovered when the water receded.

Robert Travis Scott, reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, discusses why the identifications have been so slow.

ADDITIONAL COVERAGE
November 24, 2005
Families Displaced by Hurricane Look For Work, New Homes
Three months after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, many families are still struggling to find new jobs, homes and a return to a normal lifestyle. Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser provides a report.

October 20, 2005
Army Corps Investigates Levee Breaches
The Army Corps of Engineers has launched an independent investigation into the levee breaches in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in an unprecedented effort to learn why the structures failed. Correspondent Betty Ann Bowser reports on the levee failures and what the Army Corps plans to do in response.

Main: Rebuilding the Gulf Coast
Main: After Hurricane Katrina
FEMA's Role
Challenges to the Insurance Industry
New Orleans Planning Under Scrutiny
Impact on the Oil Industry
How You Can Help
Extra: Lesson Plan
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Mississippi Clarion-Ledger

 

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