It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the United States Gulf Coast and left New Orleans with catastrophic flooding as the levees broke. Katrina reached Category 5 status. Two decades ...

It has been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, killing more than 1,800 people, displacing hundreds of thousands more, and exposing the systemic neglect of some ...

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 ago last week, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, La., about 50 miles southeast of New Orleans. Thousands of people had evacuated in advance of the monster storm. But ...

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 ...