Katrina report
Updated on 13 February 2006
A leaked report damns the US governments' response to Hurricane Katrina.
An improvised grave marks the body of a woman on a street in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 4, 2005. (Reuters)
Fecklessness, flailing and organisational paralysis throughout the government - from the White House down to the office of the New Orleans mayor.
That's the way a leaked congressional report describes the US response to Hurricane Katrina which devastated New Orleans and surrounding towns last August.
The 600-page document says the threat of the storm was ignored and poor decision making meant lives were needlessly lost.
