Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. (2005 Staff file) Michael Boyd navigates a commandeered boat through flooded streets. Boyd volunteered to take other volunteers out on his fishing boat to search for ...

It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, the costliest and fourth-deadliest hurricane in U.S. history, hit New Orleans as a Category 3 storm. Ivor van Heerden may know more about Louisiana’s ...

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When President Bush spoke to the nation from New Orleans to present his ideas for rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, he said: “We have a duty to confront this poverty with bold action.

Coordinating a program of “Southern Stories” dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina was more than an obligatory tribute. To Kelley Girod, the director of new works at the Apollo ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, officials unveiled a new facility aimed at preparing New Orleans residents for future disasters and supporting recovery efforts. The ...

For Brandi Charlot, everything changed 20 years ago today. Charlot—who these days is the owner of Blucid, a floral business in New Orleans—lost everything to Hurricane Katrina when the category 3 ...

My mother doesn’t have any of her baby pictures. Years of storms washed them away. She grew up in southeast Louisiana—hurricane country—and I did, too. It’s a place where some names aren’t just names.

Twenty years ago, on Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina cemented itself in history as one of the deadliest and most devastating disasters to strike the United States. Katrina claimed the lives of 1,392 ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Emily Vinson started a new job at a pizza place. She fainted on her first day — and a customer came to the rescue. Time now for "My Unsung Hero," our series from ...