Trailers sit unused a year after Katrina in Hope Arkansas
Thousands of FEMA supplied mobile homes sit idle at Hope Airport a year after Katrina leaving New Orleans victims displaced. The Hope site stores 9 700 homes down from 10 777 with 5 000 to 7 000 staying in Hope. Legislators including Senator Pryor and Rep Ross urge options from temporary floodplain changes to dispatching homes to assist storm survivors.
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Katrina Anniversary Marks Loss and Resilience Across New Orleans
On the hurricane anniversary survivors return to ruined sites and memorials. Families lay carnations and read names of loved ones as a street funeral honors the dead with music and dance. In St Bernard Parish Mass gathers as floodwaters crept to saint statues. Mayor Nagin invites residents to sign a banner listing victims, as Louisiana mourns nearly 1,600 deaths.
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