Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has made a return visit to the Lower Ninth Ward District of New Orleans, USA, to survey the restoration and recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

Church and community groups across the USA are preparing to assist those who may be displaced by Hurricane Gustav, as it heads towards the city that was torn apart under the strain of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Anabaptist churches, heirs to what is often called 'the radical Reformation', are working in support and solidarity with communities still recovering from hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the southern United States.