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REGION: North America
TOPIC: Weather & Natural Disasters
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IN-DEPTH COVERAGEA co-production of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and Local PBS StationsLouisiana Public Broadcasting
Rebuilding The Gulf Coast
Hurricane Katrina, followed by a weaker but still damaging Hurricane Rita, devastated a wide swath of the southern Gulf Coast of the United States in late August 2005. Now, officials in New Orleans and other damaged places must begin the process of rebuilding.

This page is no longer being updated. Please visit our Hurricane Katrina page for recent coverage.
IN THE NEWS
January 2, 2009
Documentary Traces Family's Struggle After Katrina

Herbert Gettridge; FRONTLINE photoSix months after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, producer June Cross came across Herbert Gettridge working alone on his home in the lower Ninth Ward. Over the next two years, Cross would document the story of the extended Gettridge clan--an African-American family with deep roots in New Orleans--as they struggled to rebuild their homes and their lives.

"Frontline" correspondent and filmmaker Cross describes her documentary "The Old Man and the Storm" which will air on PBS's "Frontline" Jan. 6.

Preview: Watch two clips from "The Old Man and the Storm" on "Frontline's" Web site. Next week on "Frontline's" Web site, you can read updates on the Gettridge family and watch special video extras.

Slide Show: View images of New Orleans three years after Hurricane Katrina.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES
Townhall in New Orleans about the state of recovery after Hurricane Katrina: Photo: LPBConstruction equipment in New OrleansDamaged building in Lower Ninth Ward
IN-DEPTH COVERAGEIN-DEPTH COVERAGEREPORT
Coastal Comeback: La. and Miss. After Katrina Katrina & Recovery:
An NPR Special Report
Lower Ninth Ward: Film Follows Those Who Stayed

Louisiana Public Broadcasting and Mississippi Public Broadcasting examine the state of recovery through two town halls focusing on housing, the economy and the government's response.
-- LPB and MPB

Track the latest developments in the Gulf Coast region's long struggle to rebuild their cities and their citizens' lives in a series of broadcast and Web original reports.
-- National Public Radio

Beginning in January 2006, Jonathan Demme filmed in and around New Orleans, chronicling the lives of dozens of people who chose to return and try to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina hit.
-- KCET's Tavis Smiley

ADDITIONAL FEATURES
  Main: Rebuilding The Gulf Coast
REPORTS
  Economic Impact
  Rebuilding Rural and Urban Areas
  Lasting Environmental Effects
  Finding Liability and Fixing Blame
  Reconstructing Infrastructure
RESOURCES
  Archive
FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
  Lesson Plan
OTHER IN-DEPTH COVERAGE
  Main: After Hurricane Katrina
  Main: Hurricane Rita
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