It wasn't only humans who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of pets were stranded, often left to fend for themselves by owners who couldn't bring them along to hotels or shelters. Others were taken to emergency animal shelters. Volunteers for organizations including the Humane Society and ASPCA are racing to rescue pets still trapped in the city. More >>
New Orleans' mayor has ordered law enforcement agencies to remove from the city everyone who is not involved in cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina, whether they want to go or not. More >>
New Orleans' mayor has ordered law enforcement agencies to remove from the city everyone who is not involved in cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina, whether they want to go or not. More >>
While thousands of people waited to be evacuated from the squalor of flood-stricken New Orleans, two major fires raged along the waterfront on Saturday. More >>
The governor of Louisiana says everyone needs to leave New Orleans due to flooding from Hurricane Katrina. "We've sent buses in. We will be either loading them by boat, helicopter, anything that is necessary," Gov. Kathleen Blanco said. More >>
WLOX Station Manager Dave Vincent reports that the damage done to the Mississippi gulf coast by Hurricane Katrina is catastrophic. Most major bridges are out or damaged in the area. More >>
Deteriorating conditions in New Orleans will force authorities to evacuate the thousands of people who sought refuge at shelters in the city, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said Tuesday. More >>
Rescuers worked through the night to reach hundreds of people stranded after Hurricane Katrina ripped across the Gulf Coast killing dozens of people, destroying countless homes and leaving more than a million people without power in three states. More >>
New Orleans, braced for a catastrophic direct hit from the powerful Category 4 storm, hunkered nearly 10,000 people in its mammoth Superdome, but Ed Reams of CNN affiliate WDSU reported that the structure has begun leaking as the winds damaged the roof letting daylight and rainwater in the darkened arena. More >>
Hurricane Katrina weakened slightly as it pummeled the Gulf Coast Monday, but the powerful storm still had plenty of punch as it swept through Mississippi with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. More >>
Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing New Orleans as Katrina strengthened rapidly overnight. It is expected to strike Monday as one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in history. More >>
After crossing southeast Florida and moving out over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico early today, Katrina regained hurricane status following a brief downgrade to a tropical storm. More >>
After crossing southeast Florida and moving out over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico early today, Katrina regained hurricane status following a brief downgrade to a tropical storm. More >>
Plywood and batteries are yet again flying off the shelves as Floridians, conditioned by a seemingly unrelenting litany of hurricanes, brace for the eleventh named storm of the 2005 Atlantic season. More >>
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