NEW ORLEANS — It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 storm. The disaster is remembered not just for its winds, but for the crushing surge of water that ...

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners inside NPR and explains how we do our journalism. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated parts of the Gulf Coast, Greg Allen reflects on ...

To discuss how the Gulf Coast has changed in the two decades since Hurricane Katrina, Geoff Bennett spoke with historian Douglas Brinkley. He was a professor at Tulane University in New Orleans in ...

"This is the Emergency Broadcast System. This is not a test." Actor and New Orleans native Wendell Pierce recalls the chill that message sent through his body. Hurricane Katrina had passed, but the ...

Twenty years ago today Hurricane Katrina slammed ashore in Louisiana as one of the costliest and deadliest U.S. disasters. Over 1,300 people died and 80% of New Orleans was submerged in water. The ...

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 ...

Master P helps with post Hurricane Katrina restoration as University of New Orleans’ new basketball operations president.

Robin Roberts returns home to the Gulf Coast in the special “Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm” airing on Friday, August 29. The special will take a deeply personal look at the region 20 ...

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 ...

LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Leaders said prior to Hurricane Katrina, Lamar County was already growing at a rapid rate. As people fled to higher and safer ground after the storm, Lamar County quickly ...