Louisiana's fishing industry faces a $1.1bn (£600m) drop in income over the next year because of hurricane damage. Boats, docks, ice plants and processing facilities were all hit by the storm.
689,000 still without power
Some 689,000 electricity customers still lacked power 11 days after Katrina hit, according to area utilities and the US department of energy.
Reuters
National guard skip relief duty
Only about 800 of the 2,500 soldiers of a Louisiana national guard brigade, which is coming home after a year in Iraq, have indicated they wish to help disaster-relief on their return, their commander said yesterday.
Reuters
Damage will run to nearly £70bn
Damage caused by Katrina has been estimated at more than $125bn (£68bn). Risk Management Solutions said the insurance industry could face claims of up to $60bn.
Associated Press
Port to reopen next week
The port of New Orleans plans to resume commercial operations by Wednesday after being shut for nearly two weeks by Katrina, but it could take six months for America's fourth-largest port to be fully operational.
Reuters
Katrina mirrors fictitious storm
A hurricane simulation with uncanny parallels to Katrina predicted that a storm flooding south-east Louisiana would leave 61,290 dead and 384,257 injured or sick.
Associated Press
