Katrina Digest: Daily News Summary

Updated Sept. 13

 

FEMA to St. Louis relief center: Never mind!

The federal government told Missouri to prepare for thousands of hurricane evacuees. But Monday, FEMA said those people won't be coming. Local and state agencies spent hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars open a relief center for them. Now they have to take down what they worked so hard to build. From KSDK-TV, St. Louis.

Michigan team helps rebuild Gulf Coast

A crew from WZZM-TV in Grand Rapids, Mich., traveled to the Gulf Coast with a local relief team. Check out a preview of their upcoming four-part report.

Faces of Katrina

UPDATED Sept. 10: A team of journalists from WTSP-TV in Tampa Bay, Fla., has filed eight video reports on a visit to New Orleans to report on Katrina's devastation, relief efforts underway and the storm's victims. In their latest report, find out why a Bourbon Street bar refuses to call it quits. Also read a blog about their experiences.

Miss. woman spent 14 hours waiting out storm in tree

While Katrina's winds and rains washed away her Mississippi home, one woman rode out the hurricane by climbing and clinging to a tree. From First Coast News, Jacksonville, Fla.

Florida pilot rescues more than 800 in New Orleans

Army Chief Warrant Officer Dan Culberson of Jacksonville, Fla., flew five days of missions over New Orleans and helped rescue 839 people, five dogs, two cats and a bird. From First Coast News, Jacksonville, Fla.

Katrina evacuees find living space in convent

Bird Island, Minn., is about to experience a population swell of 40 or so people as it opens an old convent to house hurricane survivors. From KARE-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Family Opens Home To Hurricane Victims

Were it not for Hurricane Katrina, the Bernsteins of Gaithersburg, Md., and the Perez's of Chelmette, La., probably never would have met. Now, they're living together and preparing meals under one roof. From WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.

All In The Family

At the Miller house in Waldorf, Maryland, everything is relative. Right now, 14 relatives are living in the same home, after 12 came from Gulfport, Miss. From WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.

Fla. donations reach La. evacuees

Truckloads of donations from people in the Jacksonville, Fla., area are bringing tears and smiles to displaced families in the Lafayette, La., area. From WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, Fla.

Hurricane victims receive goods confiscated in stings

More than 700 agents with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, are giving tons of items confiscated in sting operations to Gulf Coast residents devastated by Hurricane Katrina. From WJXX-TV, Jacksonville, Fla.

Georgia workers help Katrina victims in Miss.

Georgia emergency management agency workers and a dozen or so firefighters from across the state continue relief work in Mississippi. From WMAZ-TV, Macon, Ga.

TV station crew describes devastation in Miss.

Reporter Grayson Kamm and photojournalist Joe Massa just returned from Katrina-battered Mississippi. Watch five clips about their experiences. From First Coast News, Jacksonville, Fla.

Man on a mission to bring refugees to Minn.

A Minnesota man has more than 150 people willing to house refugees and he’s organizing a bus convoy to get them. From KARE-TV, Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Adventure at the gas pump

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a trip to the gas station has become a confusing adventure for some. From WMAZ-TV, Macon, Ga.

Minn. woman offers home to family displaced by Katrina

If there ever were a contest for who is the nicest Minnesotan, Stephanie Wentzell better enter. "What we have is yours to share," she says as she offers a home to a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina. From KARE-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

Doctor at Tulane 'There is no New Orleans'

From WKYC-TV, Cleveland