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
Aug 31 Watch Hurricane Katrina’s Effects A Newsweek a reporter provides an update on the general morale and physical destruction of Hurricane Katrina. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch Katrina Destroys Entire Towns The mayor of New Orleans ordered a total evacuation and crews began moving refugees from the Superdome to the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. Officials estimate that one million people across the region are now homeless and it could take two… Continue watching