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Direct Relief also responded to the disaster, delivering more than $47 million in medical aid and about $4.6 million in cash grants in an effort to help rebuild the affected areas of Texas ...
Camp Hope in Violet, Louisiana housed volunteers in the Hurricane Katrina recovery effort of St. Bernard Parish since June 1, 2006. Clearing out trashed possessions and gutting flood damaged home, Gentilly neighborhood, January 2006. Build Now is a non-profit organization that played an active part in bringing New Orleans families back home ...
The disaster recovery response to Hurricane Katrina in late 2005 included U.S. federal government agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the United States Coast Guard (USCG), state and local-level agencies, federal and National Guard soldiers, non-governmental organizations, charities, and private individuals.
There were many predictions of hurricane risk in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina in August, 2005. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 2001, the Houston Chronicle published a story which predicted that a severe hurricane striking New Orleans, "would strand 250,000 people or more, and probably kill one of 10 left behind as the city drowned under 20 feet (6 ...
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which tore through New Orleans on Aug. 28, 2005, architects and city planners had an opportunity to rebuild a major U.S. city in a thoughtful, sustainable way.
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The Office of the Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding was created by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2005 to devise a long-term plan for the rebuilding of the region devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Its mission is based on a strategy focused on a set of prioritized, integrated and long-term initiatives to rebuild the region ...
The Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) was the governmental body created in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by Governor Kathleen Blanco to plan for the recovery and rebuilding of Louisiana. Under the leadership of the founding executive director, Andy Kopplin, the authority's mission was to plan for Louisiana's future, coordinate ...