Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2797 science Hurricane Katrina en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:06:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2797 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_katrina_flood_lawsuit ap/20091119/us_katrina_flood_lawsuit AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:06:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_katrina_flood_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.087d9fe31e74450c8e604b98d2090178.katrina_flood_lawsuit_ny107.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=6DSWZFeHXOsEUA6Im2jfCQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo, residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A landmark court ruling blaming the Army Corps of Engineers' "monumental negligence" for some of the worst flooding from Hurricane Katrina could lead to a new deluge: billions of dollars in legal action from thousands of storm victims.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_katrina_flood_lawsuit"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091119/capt.087d9fe31e74450c8e604b98d2090178.katrina_flood_lawsuit_ny107.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=6DSWZFeHXOsEUA6Im2jfCQ--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2005 file photo, residents wait on a rooftop to be rescued from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The federal government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge rules that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usjusticestormkatrina afp/20091119/usjusticestormkatrina AFP/Getty Images/File us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:58:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usjusticestormkatrina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258645868020-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=jNPjamMOX2ULeckEtQ0Zgw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Two new exhaust pipes at the US Army Corp's of Engineers 17th St. Canal Outfall Canal in New Orleans, blast out water out of the lower lying areas of New Orleans and back into Lake Pontchartrain, in 2007. The deadly levee failures which led to the flooding of New Orleans during 2005's Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge ruled.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>AFP/Getty Images/File - The deadly levee failures that led to the 2005 flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge has ruled.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/ts_alt_afp/usjusticestormkatrina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258645868020-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=jNPjamMOX2ULeckEtQ0Zgw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Two new exhaust pipes at the US Army Corp's of Engineers 17th St. Canal Outfall Canal in New Orleans, blast out water out of the lower lying areas of New Orleans and back into Lake Pontchartrain, in 2007. The deadly levee failures which led to the flooding of New Orleans during 2005's Hurricane Katrina were due to negligence by the US Army Corps of Engineers, a federal judge ruled.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP/Getty Images/File) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/ts_nm/us_usa_katrina_flooding nm/20091119/us_usa_katrina_flooding Reuters topstories Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:37 GMT Reuters - A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was negligent in maintaining a key navigational channel in New Orleans and was liable for some damage caused by massive flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_bi_ge/us_louisiana_film___tv ap/20091116/us_louisiana_film___tv AP business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:45:20 GMT AP - With hurricane season ending, film and TV production in south Louisiana is picking up, and New Orleans is on track to break last year's filming record. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hurricanes_federal_aid ap/20091113/us_hurricanes_federal_aid AP business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:34:15 GMT AP - Federal recovery money that remains unused since hurricanes Katrina and Rita should be spent on blight remediation and infrastructure repairs in New Orleans, House Speaker Jim Tucker said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_sc/ask_ap ap/20091113/ask_ap AP science Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:45:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_sc/ask_ap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.43b5f17b71d14563a5f9fa0ac8f5f859.ask_ap_ask102.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=R.WnWoIu5LrOs0FoP.6ztw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="File - U.S. Army soldier walks past a Humvee vehicle at the Khanabad base, Uzbekistan, in this May 28, 2002 file photo. A question about military casualties in Uzbekistan is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called 'Ask AP.' (AP Photo/Bagila Bukharbaeva, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A lot of the sunniest parts of the U.S. &mdash; like Florida and the Gulf Coast &mdash; are also prime hurricane country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_sc/ask_ap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091113/capt.43b5f17b71d14563a5f9fa0ac8f5f859.ask_ap_ask102.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=R.WnWoIu5LrOs0FoP.6ztw--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="File - U.S. Army soldier walks past a Humvee vehicle at the Khanabad base, Uzbekistan, in this May 28, 2002 file photo. A question about military casualties in Uzbekistan is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called 'Ask AP.' (AP Photo/Bagila Bukharbaeva, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091110/ap_on_bi_ge/la_six_flags_new_orleans ap/20091110/la_six_flags_new_orleans AP business Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:12:16 GMT AP - The revival of an amusement park flooded by Hurricane Katrina has suffered a setback after the cable television network Nickelodeon said it has ended its relationship with a Louisiana company trying to redevelop the abandoned site in eastern New Orleans. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_afp/usweatherstorm afp/20091110/usweatherstorm AFP world Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:58:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091110/capt.photo_1257868680582-3-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=eUGDFs0xzgLcQVo2FmweSw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Ida as it churns through the Caribbean on November 7. Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida have made landfall on the US Gulf coast, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend.(AFP/NASA/File/Ho)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida made landfall on the US Gulf coast Tuesday, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091110/wl_afp/usweatherstorm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091110/capt.photo_1257868680582-3-0.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=eUGDFs0xzgLcQVo2FmweSw--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="NASA satellite image shows Hurricane Ida as it churns through the Caribbean on November 7. Weakened remnants of what was once Hurricane Ida have made landfall on the US Gulf coast, dumping heavy rain and triggering some flooding but without the deadly winds Ida packed over the weekend.(AFP/NASA/File/Ho)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091109/wl_nm/us_storm_ida nm/20091109/us_storm_ida Reuters world Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:17 GMT Reuters - A weakened Tropical Storm Ida drenched the U.S. Gulf Coast and oil installations on Monday, shutting down nearly 30 percent of Gulf energy production. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather ap/20091109/us_tropical_weather AP us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:20:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091109/capt.727fe8ef7d1a448f83f7bfa441e211a0.tropical_weather_aldm109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZFfqSOJKiWHBWB7S_0z2pw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Jason Rodgers is hit by high surf, rain and wind from Tropical Storm Ida as it approaches the coast at Perdido Pass in Gulf Shores, Ala., Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and in shelters Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm headed their way, bringing with it the potential for high winds, flooding and up to 8 inches of rain in some places.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_us/us_tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091109/capt.727fe8ef7d1a448f83f7bfa441e211a0.tropical_weather_aldm109.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZFfqSOJKiWHBWB7S_0z2pw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Jason Rodgers is hit by high surf, rain and wind from Tropical Storm Ida as it approaches the coast at Perdido Pass in Gulf Shores, Ala., Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather ap/20091109/tropical_weather AP us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:02:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091108/capt.3448dc28d5e84b5db94d80fb4e5b6cef.correction_mexico_hurricane_ida_mxma101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=q3DO37bENqcmbc5Y9e7tAQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Todd Wilson, center, of Ipswich, Mass., plays with his daughter Nicole, 7, in the pool as the waves crash onto the surf as hurricane Ida passes the resort area, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 in Cancun, Mexico. Ida has grown into a hurricane for a second time as it moves over the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded early Monday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and storm surges.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091109/ap_on_re_us/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091108/capt.3448dc28d5e84b5db94d80fb4e5b6cef.correction_mexico_hurricane_ida_mxma101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=q3DO37bENqcmbc5Y9e7tAQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Todd Wilson, center, of Ipswich, Mass., plays with his daughter Nicole, 7, in the pool as the waves crash onto the surf as hurricane Ida passes the resort area, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 in Cancun, Mexico. Ida has grown into a hurricane for a second time as it moves over the Caribbean. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hurricane_barrier ap/20091103/us_hurricane_barrier AP business Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:13:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hurricane_barrier"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.9d2d752c0eb241939a3fa0ba89fa020e.hurricane_barrier_lacg102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RShRmeIah81DZkX1JrYkTA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In a Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 photo, the Army Corps of Engineers begins a $1 billion project, the West Closure Structure, to close off navigation and drainage canals that feed into the West Bank and turn into conduits for storm surge during hurricanes, in Harvey, La. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mindful that the suburban West Bank of New Orleans has regained its pre-Hurricane Katrina population and is primed for growth, the Army Corps of Engineers is launching a $1 billion effort to keep the next storm at bay.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hurricane_barrier"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.9d2d752c0eb241939a3fa0ba89fa020e.hurricane_barrier_lacg102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=RShRmeIah81DZkX1JrYkTA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In a Fri., Oct. 30, 2009 photo, the Army Corps of Engineers begins a $1 billion project, the West Closure Structure, to close off navigation and drainage canals that feed into the West Bank and turn into conduits for storm surge during hurricanes, in Harvey, La. (AP Photo/Cheryl Gerber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_bi_ge/us_new_orleans_budget ap/20091030/us_new_orleans_budget AP business Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:09:01 GMT AP - As New Orleans struggles to keep its recovery from Hurricane Katrina on track, it's facing one of its largest ever budget deficits, $68 million, and the prospect of higher fees for residents and forced furloughs for many city workers to address it. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_re_us/us_books_year_before_the_flood ap/20091027/us_books_year_before_the_flood AP us Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:17:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_re_us/us_books_year_before_the_flood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091026/capt.f3047c1384d24422b592230fae87ad6d.year_before_the_flood_nyet174.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=NyvEk1Tv8lUd36RB1NG0YA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="In this book cover image released by Lawrence Hill Books, Ned Sublette, author of 'The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans,' is shown. (AP Photo/Lawrence Hill Books, Alden Ford)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hurricane Katrina gave Ned Sublette a dramatic coda &mdash; and title &mdash; for his memoir.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/hurricanekatrina/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091027/ap_on_re_us/us_books_year_before_the_flood"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091026/capt.f3047c1384d24422b592230fae87ad6d.year_before_the_flood_nyet174.jpg?x=130&y=106&q=85&sig=NyvEk1Tv8lUd36RB1NG0YA--" align="left" height="106" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this book cover image released by Lawrence Hill Books, Ned Sublette, author of 'The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans,' is shown. (AP Photo/Lawrence Hill Books, Alden Ford)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)