Hurricane Katrina: Last News

Brad Pitt’s foundation – benefitting victims of Hurricane Katrina – still hasn’t paid.The story was broken by The Hollywood Reporter, which described how homeowners in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward are still left struggling, after the homes that were rebuilt for them after the hurricane have been compromised by rot, mould and structural defects.The homes were built by Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation, and in some cases, had to be rebuilt three times over between the period of 2005 (when the hurricane hit) and 2014. Following the poor living conditions of the newly-built properties, the residents launched a 2018 class-action lawsuit, which sought damages against the non-profit organisation and Pitt himself.In 2022, however, another charity, Global Green USA – which also has famous connections and a history of helping rebuild infrastructure in the area – offered to step in and pay a $20.5million (£16.3million) settlement.

Brad Pitt and his Make It Right Foundation were sued over the homes they built for Hurricane Katrina victims, which were allegedly faulty and needed repairs.

Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans in the late summer of 2005.The eight-episode series, premiering Aug. 12 on Apple TV+, is based on Sheri Fink’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name chronicling the hellish five-day timespan at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans as Katrina ravaged the city, breached levees, submerged most of the area underwater and forced the hospital and LifeCare — a private health facility on the 7th floor — to evacuate its patients with deadly results that no one could have foreseen … or, perhaps, even avoided.The series opens on Sept. 11, 2005, 13 days after Katrina first made landfall, when 45 bodies were discovered in the abandoned hospital’s chapel, with no explanation of what happened to them or how they got there.

Robin Roberts has had a storied career as one of the anchors of Good Morning America, but she recently revealed a moment that she thought would cost her the seat altogether.MORE: Robin Roberts shares 'difficult' health update on partner Amber after cancer diagnosisIn an interview with theSkimm's 9 to 5ish podcast, the TV host talked about covering Hurricane Katrina back in 2005 and how emotional the ordeal proved to be for her.VIDEO: Robin Roberts bids farewell to Good Morning AmericaIn quotes exclusively obtained by HELLO!, Robin said: "It was Charlie [Gibson] who said at the end of the report, 'Robin, when you left here, you hadn't made contact with your family. Were you able to do so?'"She then shared: "And I'm telling you, I just ugly cried.

Betty White's work with animal nonprofit organizations has been remembered by a number of animal rights advocates in the wake of her passing at 99 Friday.The Audubon Nature Institute, based in New Orleans, tweeted that White was 'a conservationist, animal advocate, and friend' in remembering the late Golden Girls star.The organization, which runs the zoo and aquarium in the city, said that 'when the penguins & sea otters were evacuated to' the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California 'for Hurricane Katrina' in 2005 in Louisiana, Betty White 'paid for the plane to relocate them.' The latest: Betty White's work with animal nonprofit organizations has been remembered by a number of animal rights advocates in the wake of her passing at 99 Friday. She was snapped at an event in LA in 2012The group noted that White 'did not ask for fanfare' as 'she just wanted to help,' adding the hashtag, #ThankYouForBeingAFriend.A spokesperson for the organization gave details to People about White's efforts amid the troubled times.