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NEW ORLEANS -- Severe storms with damaging winds and possible tornadoes pounded the South, killing at least one person in Louisiana and shattering windows at the Texas Capitol in Austin. In the southern Louisiana town of Grosse Tete, a pecan tree fell onto a camper, killing a 77-year-old man alone inside it.
3 Indicted Over La. Levee Project
NEW ORLEANS -- A former Army Corps of Engineers consultant and a dirt subcontractor have been indicted on bribery charges stemming from an investigation into levee work after Hurricane Katrina. Durwanda Elizabeth Morgan Heinrich, a dirt, sand and gravel subcontractor, was accused of conspiring with two former corps workers to get confidential bid information for a $16.8 million levee project southwest of New Orleans in September 2006.
Causes of Firefighter Deaths Cited
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Inadequate training, outdated tactics and aging equipment helped lead to the deaths of nine Charleston firefighters fighting a furniture store blaze last year, according to a long-awaited analysis by fire experts. The report said firefighters did not follow standard safety practices and had obsolete equipment when battling the Sofa Super Store blaze. The June 18 fire killed more firefighters than any emergency since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
-- From News Services
