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Cypress trees in Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, stretching across Cameron and Evangeline Parishes in southwestern Louisiana.

'Overlooked And Forgotten' But Resolute, 10 Years After Hurricane Rita

Jason Saul

Hurricane Rita came ashore just three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, killing seven people directly and over a hundred more in the evacuation and in the…

Coastal Desk

On Rita Anniversary, Story Of A Small Town Comeback

Wednesday marks the nine-year anniversary of Hurricane Rita's landfall in Texas, and the flooding of the Louisiana coast. Western parishes like Cameron,…

News

Citizens pays $61 million to settle storm claims

The Associated Press

A state-run insurance company of last resort has agreed to settle two remaining class-action lawsuits tied to claims handled after hurricanes Katrina and…

Business

Citizens sets annual Katrina-Rita bond assessment

The Associated Press

Homeowners will pay $54 on average next year on their insurance policies to cover bond payments being made by state-backed Louisiana Citizens Property…

NPR News

New Orleans Endures New Floods in Rita's Wake

Cheryl Corley

Some of the levees in New Orleans patched up after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city were unable to hold back surging waters from Hurricane Rita. Parts of the city that had been mostly drained of standing water are flooded again.