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Texas avoided any direct damage from Hurricane Katrina, but the state took in an estimated 220,000 people who sought refuge from Louisiana. On August 31, the Harris County, Texas Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the State of Louisiana came to an agreement to allow at least 25,000 evacuees from New Orleans, especially those who were sheltered in the Louisiana ...
In 2006, 200,000 people called New Orleans home, a significant drop from the population of nearly half a million before Katrina. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Of the rest of those who were displaced, about 40% moved to Texas and the rest went farther to either New York, Ohio, or even California.
By late January 2006, about 200,000 people were once again living in New Orleans, less than half of the pre-storm population. [92] By July 1, 2006, when new population estimates were calculated by the U.S. Census Bureau, the state of Louisiana showed a population decline of 219,563 or 4.87%. [93]
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same. The hurricane brought death ...
The number of homeless people living in New Orleans doubled to 12,000 people between the hurricane and mid-2007. [20] With a post-Katrina population of 300,000 people, this meant that 1 in 25 people were homeless, an extremely high number and nearly three times that of any other US city. [ 21 ]
Sweeps to displace homeless people in New Orleans began this week, local media reported. An encampment of roughly 75 people were moved a couple blocks away. Louisiana State Police (LSP), in ...
Louisiana state agencies began clearing a homeless encampment in New Orleans ahead of Taylor Swift’s concerts at the Superdome this weekend. Roughly 75 people living in tents beneath an overpass ...
Many buildings and homes were damaged, with 134,000 housing units – approximately 70% of residences in New Orleans – impacted to some degree. The Superdome, which was sheltering many people who had not evacuated, sustained significant damage. Two sections of the Superdome's roof were compromised and the dome's waterproof membrane had ...