A lifelong resident of St. Bernard Parish, a community just east of New Orleans, Aguilar lost everything during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. Nearly three years later, like ma ...

Years before the storm, Tonie Waltman had been told a premonition of its disastrous aftermath. Around 1997, her dad, a Black man named Hardy Jackson, was hit by an oncoming train. He'd ultimately ...

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors recall traumatic experiences in New Orleans and the relief they found when Corpus Christi opened its doors to evacuees. Neighborhood News Reporter ...

She's inspired by Dolly Parton and Paul Newman, among others, who've used their celebrity for philanthropy Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, Rosie O'Donnell says, “The biggest thing I remember ...

Dennis Bode recounted his harrowing experience of trying to escape Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago, detailing how he attempted to reach Hattiesburg but was caught by the storm. "So we stopped in here, ...

NhuNgoc Pham was a high school student living in the New Orleans metro area when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Her parents, immigrants from Vietnam, had recently purchased ...

Twenty years after Katrina, Rosie O'Donnell says catastrophic images of people “in the most overwhelming amount of need” galvanized her to give back The comedian helped build a community center and ...