Hurrican Katrina

These workers were promised green cards following Hurricane Katrina. Instead they were issued temporary visas that bound them to a single employer.

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Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare

12:39pm January 23, 2023

by Dave Davies

After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of workers from India were promised jobs in what labor organizer Saket Soni calls "one of the largest cases of forced labor in modern U.S. history."

A Houston resident walks through waist-deep water while evacuating her home after severe flooding following Hurricane Harvey in north Houston.

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After Hurricane Katrina, Many People Found New Strength

5:22pm September 15, 2017

A long-term study of people who survived Hurricane Katrina found that most were doing well, and some feel the experience transformed them. But others remain haunted by anxiety and depression.

(Left) Flooded neigborhoods can be seen in New Orleans in 2005. (Right) Flooded homes are shown near Lake Houston following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30.

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Harvey Feel Like Katrina Déjà Vu? Not So Fast

7:03pm August 31, 2017

by John Burnett

As Houston starts to recover from the flooding, many see similarities between the two massive hurricanes and the damage they wrought. But there are some key differences.