Cleaning Up After Katrina

Tons of debris confront crews in Gulf Coast.

New Orleans alone has 22 million tons of debris.

Mississippi has enough debris to cover 200 football fields and stand 50 feet high.

''We have no idea yet how long it's going to take to get rid of it," said Jean Kelly, public information officer for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. ''We're working on all kinds of different ways to get rid of debris, but we won't know if any of them are valid until we see what we've got to get rid of."

Grants

Sept. 2 -- Depart. of Labor issued a grant of up to $50 million to establish approximately 10,000 temporary jobs for eligible dislocated workers to help in the recovery and clean-up efforts underway in Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Approximately $16.6 million in grant funds will be released immediately.

Sept. 3 -- Dept. of Labor issued a grant of up to $62.1 million, with an initial release of $20.7 million, to provide approximately 10,000 temporary jobs for dislocated workers to help in recovery and clean-up efforts underway in Louisiana.