When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005, it became far more than a weather disaster: it became a national wake-up call. Katrina made landfall near the Louisiana coast as a ...

Hurricane Katrina left scars across Louisiana and Mississippi that are still evident 20 years later. Katrina claimed at least 1,392 lives — both during the storm and in its aftermath — and was America ...

What started as Tropical Depression Twelve on Aug. 23, 2005, over the Greater Antilles would soon become one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States. Traveling through ...

On Aug. 19, 2005, a tropical wave formed in the Caribbean, one of many that hurricane season. But this one would evolve into one of the most devastating storms in U.S. history. Ten days later, after ...

Across the Southeast, hurricanes dominate conversations from June through September. But this year feels different—it marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall in ...

The trailer for “Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time” shows the resilience of New Orleans residents who pushed through to survive the 2005 tragedy. “The calmness before a storm is deafening,” one of ...

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the gulf coast. The storm would displace thousands of residents and caused massive amounts of damage to New Orleans and other areas. As New ...

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