Katrina victims sue U.S. over failed floodwalls
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Victims of some of the worst flooding after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans sued the federal government on Thursday charging negligence in the construction and maintenance of floodwalls on the 17th Street Canal.
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The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to offer help to Hurricane Katrina victims who want their insurance companies to pay for flood damage to their homes and businesses.
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 24--GULFPORT -- Compared with storm recovery she deemed "a joke" in New Orleans, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said Mississippi should be praised.
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A group representing 200 US retailers filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block any effort by the Bush administration to curb an expected flood of Chinese clothing imports.
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A number of homes in the Borders are flooded after winds and rain continues to batter much of the country.
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Residents in areas only now recovering from Hurricane Katrina were warned not to drive through flooded streets for fear of creating wakes that could send water into homes and buildings
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The owners of a nursing home where 35 people died in the flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of negligent homicide and cruelty to the infirm.
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A federal judge has ruled that thousands of homeowners flooded after Hurricane Katrina can move forward with their attempts to seek compensation from insurers, a ruling that runs counter to a previous federal court decision.
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By LaRose, Greg  Hurricane Katrina is the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history judging by insurance payouts.  But levee failures along the 17th Street, London Avenue and Orleans Avenue canals were man-made catastrophes.
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A group of residents called Monday for Congress to set up an independent, bipartisan panel similar to the Sept. 11 Commission to investigate why levees failed during Hurricane Katrina.
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Key failings identified in response to summer floods in England that caused billions of pounds in damage
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A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Louisiana's attorney general can't sue the Army Corps of Engineers on behalf of Hurricane Katrina victims who don't have lawyers.
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The federal agency faces tough questions over trailers it supplied to Katrina survivors that turned out to be hazardous
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Home owners in north Wales hit by floods for the second time in less than a year say they face financial ruin.
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The government's repairs to New Orleans' hurricane-damaged levees may put the French Quarter in greater danger than it was before Hurricane Katrina, a weakness planners said couldn't be helped, at least for now.
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The Orleans Parish sheriff was accused in a lawsuit Friday of violating the civil rights of inmates in his custody during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.
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By AMY WOLD  NEW ORLEANS - The federal system for large water-related projects - including portions of Louisiana coastal restoration - is broken, speakers at the 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration said Wednesday.