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On August 28, 2005, thousands of people queued to enter the Superdome, just as they had done countless times since the ...
Ben Morris had just started his second term as Slidell mayor when Hurricane Katrina left the city devastated and spent the ...
More than 180 current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees – most signing anonymously – sent a sharply ...
Before the images of a crowded and toxic Superdome and desperate survivors waving down help from rooftops, entertainers the world over had a special place in their hearts for New Orleans -- the sultry ...
Hurricane Katrina—which made landfall in Louisiana in August 2005—is among the worst natural disasters to ever hit the United ...
The jarring juxtapositions in Richard Misrach’s photographs of New Orleans whiplash the viewer between bleak slapstick and ...
After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, many residents rummaged through abandoned stores to take what they needed to ...
Twenty years ago this Friday, Hurricane Katrina – once a Category 5 beast – made landfall as a Category 3 first in ...
Louis Orduna Jr.’s house in New Orleans was underwater for weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Paddling his boat ...
Hurricane Katrina, which happened 20 years ago this week, the costliest hurricane in US history, caused over $200 billion in damage and resulted in 1833 fatalities.