Sep 02 Watch Update From New Orleans Survivors of Hurricane Katrina continued to flee New Orleans on Friday seeking shelter in Texas as emergency convoys reached the city to assist remaining residents and try to halt criminal activity. A reporter provides an update from New Orleans. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Newsmaker: Lt. Gen. Strock Lt. Gen. Carl Strock, who commands the Army Corps of Engineers, the agency in charge of repairing the levees and draining the floodwaters in New Orleans, discusses the enormous tasks ahead in the submerged city. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Houston Welcomes Survivors Evacuees in Houston, Texas begin the process of rebuilding and starting over amid confusion and fear. A reporter gives an update from Houston as residents from New Orleans arrive in the area seeking shelter. Continue watching
Sep 01 Military Orders Added National Guard Presence in Gulf Coast By PBS News Hour Some 22,000 National Guard troops will join forces already deployed along the Gulf Coast in an effort to bring security and calm to the region in what officials predict may be the largest military response to a natural disaster in… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch Looting in New Orleans Two experts discuss the violence and chaos that erupted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city and left many residents without food or shelter. Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch Relief Efforts Continue Representatives from the Salvation Army and the Baton Rouge Area Foundation discuss the efforts to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina who were left without food, shelter or medicine. Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch New Orleans Still Suffering The military has ordered 22,000 more National Guard troops to the Gulf region to help communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina. A reporter in New Orleans gives an update. Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch Exodus From New Orleans A report from Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, where residents of New Orleans continue searching for shelter, emergency supplies and transportation. Then, a report from Houston as the first wave of New Orleans residents arrive seeking shelter in the Astrodome. Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch FEMA’s Mike Brown Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Mike Brown called the hurricane and its aftermath a disaster of catastrophic proportions and that FEMA will use all necessary resources to aid emergency relief efforts. Continue watching
Aug 31 U.S. to Release Oil From Reserve to Aid Refiners Hit by Hurricane By Admin, PBS News Hour Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Wednesday that the administration will release oil from the federal petroleum reserves to help refiners affected by Hurricane Katrina. Continue reading