Hurricane Katrina: Six months later; Slow recovery in New Orleans; Levees in question as hurricane season approaches; Stormy California: Rain, wind pound N. Calif.; Flood warnings in North Bay; Tens of thousands lose power in Bay Area; End to Phoenix drought after 132 days?; NOAA/NWS declares Benton Co., Ark., nation’s 1,000th storm ready community
Hurricane Katrina: Six Months Later Six months ago today, New Orleans was evacuating from Katrina while a cryptic warning from the National Weather Service was released, and six months ago tonight the debris began to collect on New Orleans streets as the outer bands of Katrina began to lash the Crescent City. Tonight, the debris collecting on New Orleans streets will come from partiers crowding Bourbon Street for Fat Tuesday, the biggest night of Mardi Gras festivities. A forever-changed city forgets its troubles for a moment … New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are just starting to rebuild.
A Look Back… And Ahead: WXnation Wire entries from Aug. 25-31, 2005 | New Orleans weather and live webcam images | Stories: Slow recovery in New Orleans six months after Hurricane Katrina (Video reports inside) | Levees in question as hurricane season approaches | More Katrina news | Gulf Coast coverage from the Miss. Sun Herald | N.O. coverage from WWL-TV, WDSU-TV, nola.com/Times-Picayune
Stormy California: Rain, wind pound Northern California | Flood warnings in North Bay | Tens of thousands lose power in Bay Area | Rain in Southland continues | Storm hits San Diego | Resources: Current watches and warnings map | Live Weather Plus video from Bay Area, L.A. and San Diego (Click “Video” tabs) | Weather and webcam images for the Bay Area, L.A., San Diego, Sacramento, Fresno
Other Weather News: End to Phoenix drought?: NWS forecast: 40-percent chance of rain. Phoenix ended its 132nd consecutive day without rain Monday. Phoenix weather and webcam images
NOAA/NWS declares Benton Co., Ark., nation’s 1,000th stormready community
Top 5 WXnation.com city weather and webcam pages visited on Monday: 1. Los Angeles 2. New Orleans 3. San Francisco 4. San Diego 5. Reno … See the top 20 so far this month in the center column of our home page.
