Today marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a storm that forever changed New Orleans. To commemorate its passing, I have been talking with other survivors, watching documentaries, and ...

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 ...

Twenty years later, Hannibal Nicholls recounts what was going on in his life toward the end of August 2005. He was in college and was engaged to his fiancée. Then suddenly, he was in the Orleans ...

Hurricanes have only become more dangerous — and expensive — over the last 26 years.

BURNET, Texas — This Aug. 29 marks a somber milestone: 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall, devastating New Orleans and forever changing countless lives. Before the storm hit, thousands of ...

On August 29, 2005, a terrifying storm made landfall in Louisiana in the southern US. Hurricane Katrina would kill hundreds of people across the region and leave thousands homeless. But what happened, ...

Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, with wind gusts exceeding 130 mph and a surge of water taller than a two-story building. The water left the coast in ruins and swelled through ...