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Ray Nagin, mayor when Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans in 2005, faces five to 20 years if convicted of corruption.
Americas Last Modified: 19 Jan 2013 01:57 GMT
Mitch Landrieu becomes first white mayor in 32 years in majority African American city.
Americas Last Modified: 07 Feb 2010 15:02 GMT
US emergency agency closely watched after failures to manage Katrina three years ago.
Americas Last Modified: 31 Aug 2008 11:17 GMT
As Hurricane Katrina's one-year anniversary approaches, officials in battered New Orleans are pressing ahead with ambitious development and crime-bu
Jennifer Warren & Andrew Warren in New Orleans
Archive Last Modified: 23 Aug 2006 01:18 GMT

The prospect of Hurricane Katrina survivors being dragged from their homes looms larger while lawmakers in Washington are locking horns over probing the federal response to the disaster.

Archive Last Modified: 08 Sep 2005 08:28 GMT
New Orleans mayor C Ray Nagin has authorised law enforcement officers and the US military to force the evacuation of all residents who refuse to heed orders to leave the dark, dangerous city, as flood waters recede inch by inch.
Archive Last Modified: 07 Sep 2005 06:07 GMT
With a major levee break finally plugged, engineers are struggling to pump out the flooded city as authorities braced for the horrors the receding water would reveal.
Archive Last Modified: 06 Sep 2005 16:32 GMT

President George Bush has vowed zero tolerance for looters and other profiteers from the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina and said he would send in more troops if necessary.

Archive Last Modified: 01 Sep 2005 16:09 GMT

Hurricane Katrina probably has killed thousands of people in New Orleans, according to the city's mayor.

Archive Last Modified: 31 Aug 2005 19:32 GMT
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