10 years after Katrina, Obama has delivered on promise to rebuild hospitals in New Orleans
We teamed up with PolitiFact to see if Obama has followed through on his promises to help the city recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Tag: Hurricane Katrina
Post-Katrina reforms make levee, floodwall inspections a daily job
If local levee boards had followed inspection rules before Hurricane Katrina, they may have known about weaknesses before parts of the flood protection system collapsed in the storm. Now 11 employees work full-time inspecting and testing levees, floodwalls and equipment around New Orleans.
Katrina fact-check: Guesstimate of Katrina’s flooding in New Orleans was correct
For years we've heard that 80 percent of New Orleans flooded in Katrina. Is it true? Yes, if you include flooding from the storm surge and the levee breaks.
