La. holds 2-day evacuation drill
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State and federal authorities tracked the path of a fictitious &quot;Hurricane Alicia&quot; on Tuesday as part of two-day drill aimed at avoiding the chaos that followed last year&#039;s deadly Hurricane Katrina.
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When civilian officials couldn't get a grip on Hurricane Katrina's devastation, it was Lt. Gen. Russel Honore who took charge, leading federal troops to help rescue thousands still stranded in New Orleans days after the storm.
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By WILL SENTELL  First in a series  The management of flood and hurricane protection in southeast Louisiana will undergo sweeping changes if voters approve a ballot measure designed to replace parochialism with a regional approach.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 7 -- Public housing officials decided Thursday to proceed with the demolition of more than 3,500 government apartments here, brushing aside an outcry from residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina who said the move was intended to reduce the ability of poor black people to...
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The governor sent in the National Guard to evacuate people from their sweltering homes and utility crews raced to restore electricity Thursday after storms knocked out power to nearly half a million St. Louis-area homes and businesses in the middle of a searing heat wave that has killed at least 17 people across the country.
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Nearly two years after Katrina, an overburdened health care system cannot handle the city's mental health emergencies
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Authorities asked about 16,000 residents to evacuate this Raleigh suburb early Friday after a hazardous material fire at an industrial plant. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
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By Jerry Berrios, The Miami Herald  Mar. 13--If a hurricane ravages Broward's main courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, fear not.   The county has prepared a contingency plan to relocate judges, employees and jailed prisoners.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 20 -- Police used chemical spray and stun guns Thursday on protesters who tried to force their way into a City Council meeting, the latest strife over plans to demolish 4,500 public housing units in a redevelopment project that council members unanimously supported.
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Large parts of New Orleans are still at risk of flooding nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina, a US Army report says.
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About 300,000 residents in coastal areas of Palm Beach County were told to evacuate starting 2 p.m. Thursday.
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The U.S. State Department ordered about 200 recent hires on Tuesday to report to Louisiana and New Hampshire for two months to help work off a huge backlog of passport applications, officials said.
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Emergency officials in Orange County braced Saturday for a major storm expected to strike overnight in canyons about 50 miles southwest of Los Angeles.
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Bob Ellis was picking up plywood and two-by-fours on his second trip of the day for supplies to deal with the wreckage from Hurricane Frances, the second of three
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NEW ORLEANS A soldier with the Louisiana Army National Guard has been injured while on patrol in Iraq. A spokesman for the Guard says Specialist Craig Nelson of Bossier City was wounded yesterday by an explosive device planted in the roadway.
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The National Guard, which has helped patrol some of the least populated sections of this hurricane-battered city for nearly a year, will remain in New Orleans at least through the end of hurricane season.
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Firefighters kept watch on the weather Tuesday as they lined up trucks and other equipment to defend a residential area from a wildfire that had forced the evacuation of 30 homes.