ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. In the years after World War One, new technologies changed America. Technology made it possible for millions of people to improve their lives. It also brought gr...
Hurricane Gustav swept across the Louisiana coast on Monday, bringing torrential rains but doing far less damage than had been feared. VOA's Barry Wood rode out the Category 2 hurricane in New Orleans where he reports the concern now is flooding fro...
Hurricane Gustav, which killed at least 22 people in Haiti, is now headed south of Cuba, but forecasters believe the storm will move north into the Gulf of Mexico by early next week and threaten a coastal area that stretches from Texas to the Florid...
By Margaret Kennedy New Orleans, Louisiana 05 September 2006 watch report / Hollywood South Movie production in progress One part of the Louisiana economy not only survived Hurricane Katrina -- it has grown. VOA's Margaret Kennedy has this report on...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 18 May 2006 Jep Epstein Discusses Reaction to His Song The devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita last year in the state of Louisiana is still a source of pain an...